English Dictionary

PLAYTIME

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does playtime mean? 

PLAYTIME (noun)
  The noun PLAYTIME has 1 sense:

1. time for play or diversionplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PLAYTIME (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Time for play or diversion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

playday; playtime

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

leisure; leisure time (time available for ease and relaxation)


 Context examples 


We are man and woman now, with sober work to do, for playtime is over, and we must give up frolicking.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)



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