playground slide
- noun
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tobogán
Examples
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Then he spotted a playground slide in the distance.
Fiction book (2001) -
The children queued excitedly to go down the playground slide during recess.
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After playing on the swings, they rushed over to the playground slide for more fun.
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She carefully climbed the ladder to reach the top of the playground slide before sliding down.
Synonyms
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A smooth sloping surface children go down for fun
A smooth sloping surface children go down at playgrounds
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Morphology
The meaning 'a piece of playground equipment with a smooth, sloping surface for children to slide down' is directly and transparently derived from 'playground' (an outdoor area for children's play) + 'slide' (a smooth inclined surface). This noun-noun compounding follows a common, cross-linguistic compositional pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun playground slide comes from the simple picture of a smooth, sloping board at a playground where children sit and slide down. So, it means 'a piece of playground equipment with a smooth, sloping surface for children to slide down'.