playstow

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noun

A place for play; playground; park.

OriginMiddle English *pleystow ← Old English pleġstōw →
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Meanings

nounplaystow (plural playstows)

plural playstows · alternative pleystow · alternative plestor

  1. A place for play; playground; park.

Origin

  1. Old Englishpleġstōw
  2. Middle English*pleystow
  3. Englishplaystow

From Middle English *pleystow, from Old English pleġstōw, pleġestōw (“playground, gymnasium, amphitheater, a place for a play, wrestling-place”). By surface analysis, play + stow (“place”).

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APA

playstow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playstow

MLA

“playstow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playstow. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “playstow,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playstow.

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