PLEASURE GROUND

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement

Synonyms:

amusement park; funfair; pleasure ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("pleasure ground" is a kind of...):

common; commons; green; park (a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area)

Meronyms (parts of "pleasure ground"):

ride (a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pleasure ground"):

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)