MEANING
An area used for fairs, amusement rides, and related public entertainment.
Use it for
Seasonal gatherings; temporary spectacle; changed use outside festival timeContrast a site's noisy public season with its ordinary emptiness.
Words that belong together
- crowded fairground
- deserted fairground
- fairground entrance
On the page
The fairground was leased to the council for the annual autumn celebration.
Outside festival week, teenagers used the fairground to practice cycling.
At closing time, families poured out of the fairground onto the last buses.
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Word forms
- Base
- fairground
Usage notes
Primary category: setting. Focuses on the place's recurring social function, not the objects installed there. Fairgrounds can also be a plural-form name for a single site. Plural: fairgrounds. Fairgrounds can also denote one site with a plural-form name.
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