Meaning

2 senses
  1. An enclosure in which babies or small children can play.

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    мане́жmanéž, де́тский мане́жdétskij manéž

    дитячий мане́жdytjačyj manéž

    a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play

  2. (broadly, figuratively)An area or domain in which a person can exercise their activities or endeavors freely.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Tommy was asleep inside his playpen.

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  2. That nursery has a pretty decent playpen.

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  3. Can you put the baby in the playpen?

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
enclosure for children to play in:
Русский
By meaning 1
enclosure for children to play in:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
enclosure for children to play in:

Origin

From play + pen.

From play + pen.

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Forms

plural: playpens
Singularplaypen
Pluralplaypens

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play:pen

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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