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PLAYPEN

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does playpen mean? 

PLAYPEN (noun)
  The noun PLAYPEN has 1 sense:

1. a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to playplay

  Familiarity information: PLAYPEN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLAYPEN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pen; playpen

Hypernyms ("playpen" is a kind of...):

enclosure (a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose)


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