Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A piece of land where fairs are held.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The grounds in which an agricultural or other fair is held.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses. Often used in plural.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An area where a
fair (an event for public entertainment) or other public event is held; ashowground . - noun A commercially-operated collection of rides, games and other entertainment attractions; an
amusement park .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mr. Fong, the councilman, is working on a plan that might convert the horse barns at a nearby state fairground, which is empty most of the year, into temporary housing.
Sacramento and Its Riverside Tent City - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Mr. Fong, the councilman, is working on a plan that might convert the horse barns at a nearby state fairground, which is empty most of the year, into temporary housing.
Sacramento and Its Riverside Tent City - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Mr. Fong, the councilman, is working on a plan that might convert the horse barns at a nearby state fairground, which is empty most of the year, into temporary housing.
Sacramento and Its Riverside Tent City - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Mr. Fong, the councilman, is working on a plan that might convert the horse barns at a nearby state fairground, which is empty most of the year, into temporary housing.
Sacramento and Its Riverside Tent City - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Mr. Fong, the councilman, is working on a plan that might convert the horse barns at a nearby state fairground, which is empty most of the year, into temporary housing.
Sacramento and Its Riverside Tent City - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Mr. Fong, the councilman, is working on a plan that might convert the horse barns at a nearby state fairground, which is empty most of the year, into temporary housing.
Sacramento and Its Riverside Tent City - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Mr. Fong, the councilman, is working on a plan that might convert the horse barns at a nearby state fairground, which is empty most of the year, into temporary housing.
Sacramento and Its Riverside Tent City - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Mr. Fong, the councilman, is working on a plan that might convert the horse barns at a nearby state fairground, which is empty most of the year, into temporary housing.
Sacramento and Its Riverside Tent City - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Mr. Fong, the councilman, is working on a plan that might convert the horse barns at a nearby state fairground, which is empty most of the year, into temporary housing.
Sacramento and Its Riverside Tent City - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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And for those who want to give their eardrums a break a fairground awaits at the back of the park.?
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bilby commented on the word fairground
I was thinking about making a list of fairground foods, except that I don't really like them.
April 13, 2018