playpen
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1.2
- noun
- /ˈpleɪˌpɛn/
:
parque para bebés
- We set up the playpen in the living room so the baby could play safely.
- playpen for baby
- crib or playpen
- toys in a playpen
The owners even built a playpen for the snot monsters.
- The owners even built a playpen for the snot monsters.
- So this is not a playpen for the baby.
- I don't know if you can see it in Chris''s angle, but there is a very, very large baby playpen taking up this entire podcast set.
- I built one just like this for a playpen.
- A human immediately says playpen, but how does the human know playpen not fountain pen or penitentiary or pigpen.
Examples
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There is an empty playpen in front of the television.
Fiction book (1997) -
Mommy left the baby in his playpen, clean and dry but without diapers.
Fiction book (1996) -
So this is not a playpen for the baby.
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My dad used it to line my playpen all the time.
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Go back to your playpen, Baby.
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Just use it as a playpen.
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Do you want a large playpen, Nala?
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Soledad came out of the bedroom, pulling along the playpen with the crying baby.
Fiction book (1996) -
Left alone in his playpen, Leigh cries, and I lift him out and sit down on the sofa.
Fiction book (1997) -
Pearl was beside me in her playpen, sitting comfortably and coloring with her crayons.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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2.8
A small area with sides that keep babies safe while they play
How Enclosed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Playpen comes from the two simple words play and pen, and pen means 'enclosure', like a place for animals such as a 'pig pen'. So a playpen is a small, safe 'enclosure' where a baby or young child can play.