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Lego

Lego

27 1.0
A brand of small colorful plastic bricks sold as building sets
  • proper noun
  • /ˈlɛɡoʊ/
translation icon : LEGO
  • We're going to use Lego to illustrate linked lists.
  • LEGO Mindstorms
  • LEGO robotics
  • LEGO NXT

My favorite comment was someone wrote Lego Horseheads don't detach.

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Examples

  • Books like The Lego Ideas Book and LEGO Play Book by Daniel Lipkowitz provide children with lots of ideas.

    Academic text (2014)
  • The FIRST LEGO League, usfirst.org, is a club environment popular in schools.

    Academic text (2011)
  • All right, Lego, this is a good one because those both look good.

  • How about one of those Lego things?

  • At 14 feet long, our Lego wall is pretty amazing.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Oh, and there are these really cute boys working on their Lego robot projects.

  • His favorite activity was playing freely with a Lego set in the corner of the classroom.

    Academic text (2005)
  • My son has declared that he wants to be a Lego set designer when he grows up.

    Blog text (3)
  • He enjoys building with LEGO.

  • His favorite activity was playing freely with a Lego set in the corner of the classroom.

Synonyms

block
vsLego
340 1.0

A solid piece of material used for building or play

is a named brand of small colorful interlocking plastic pieces for play
2 2.8

A block of stone or concrete used to make walls

is small plastic toy pieces for assembly into models not structural material
Lego set
vsLego
1 1.0

A box of small plastic bricks and parts for building models like cars or houses

refers to the brand of small colorful plastic bricks rather than the whole kit

Compounds

1 1.0

A box of small plastic bricks and parts for building models like cars or houses

How Complex

tool kit
4 1.8
Meccano set
  • UK
4.9
Lego
27 1.0
Play-Doh
2.5

Surface Forms

Lego main

Etymology

Lego comes from two Danish words, leg 'play' and godt 'well', which the company founder put together as the brand name. That is why Lego feels like a toy for 'play well' and building many different things.