tot lot
1
4.9
- noun
- /tɑt lɑt/
- US
:
parque infantil
- The children enjoyed playing in the tot lot, where there were swings and slides designed for toddlers.
Examples
-
The county will spend several hundred thousand dollars to demolish the fields, picnic shelters, parking lots, public restrooms, and tot lot at the sports park, including an irrigation system that Ashburn Youth Football parents paid for, included in the $271,000 the league has invested in that site.
Blog text (10) -
David and the girls had the Tot Lot to themselves.
Fiction book (1990) -
The Tot Lot was crowded now.
Fiction book (1990) -
You can see the turtles on Google Street View near the tot lot part of the park.
Blog text (30) -
Too often, maybe we get a tot lot and an indoor fitness center, and that's it.
Blog text (29) -
PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): Dedication of the Diane Baillet Meakem Tot Lot.
Academic text (2005) -
The Diane Baillet Meakem Tot Lot is now a reality, thanks to the generosity of Diane '61 and Jack '58 Meakem.
Academic text (2005) -
Every afternoon, parents bring their little ones to the tot lot to let them socialize and play safely.
-
The new park features a tot lot that is specifically designed for young children to explore and have fun.
Synonyms
46
1.0
A place where people go in their free time to have fun, for example to ski
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'tot lot' is directly interpretable from 'tot' (small child) + 'lot' (a piece of land), i.e. a piece of land designated for tots to play on, so the overall meaning is compositional. This form of noun+noun naming (child + area) is common cross-linguistically and follows predictable English compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the playground sense.
Etymology
Tot lot comes from the words tot and lot, with tot meaning 'a small child' and lot meaning 'a small piece of land or yard'. Imagine a tiny fenced area set aside for toddlers to play; that's why tot lot means 'a small outdoor playground for young children'.