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AMUSEMENT PARK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement
Synonyms:
amusement park; funfair; pleasure ground
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("amusement park" is a kind of...):
common; commons; green; park (a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area)
Meronyms (parts of "amusement park"):
ride (a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amusement park"):
theme park (an amusement park that is organized around some theme (as the world of tomorrow))
Instance hyponyms:
Disneyland (an amusement park in Anaheim created in 1955 by Walt Disney)
Walt Disney World (a large amusement park established in 1971 to the southwest of Orlando)