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Definition of Amusement park

1. Noun. A commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement.

Definition of Amusement park

1. Noun. A commercially-operated collection of rides, games and other entertainment attractions. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amusement Park

Literary usage of Amusement park

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1917)
"144, holding that the lessor of an amusement park containing, among other things, a toboggan slide, is liable for an injury to a person using the slide, ..."

2. Geotechnical Reconnaissance of the Effects of the January 17, 1995, Hyogoken by Koichi Akai, Jonathan D. Bray, Ross W. Boulanger, John T. Christian (1997)
"Within the amusement park area the fill was treated in 1979 by the vibro-rod method over its full 19 m thickness using a 2.6 m square pattern. ..."

3. Daily Geography Practice by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Sandi Johnson (2004)
"An amusement park Introducing the Map Ask students to name a special place they ... It was called an amusement park, but it was also called a theme park. ..."

4. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1918)
"Fences, barriers, platforms, pavilions, and other structures of a private amusement park, constructed by the grantee on lands under navigable water between ..."

5. L.R.A. as Authorities: Including the Citations of Each Case as Precedent, (1 ...by Lawyers' reports annotated, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers' reports annotated, United States Supreme Court (1914)
"542, 80 Atl. 714, holding that street railway which owns and maintains amusement park is bound to exercise reasonable care to keep grounds and structures ..."

6. The Road to Destruction Made Easy in Chicago by Louise de Koven Bowen (1916)
"One naturally assumes that an evening spent by young people in the park—even an amusement park—from the very fact that it is out of doors and filled with ..."

7. Rediscovering America: Exploring the Small Towns of Virginia & Maryland by William J. Burnham, Mary K. Burnham (2002)
"What really killed the amusement park in the 1970s was the outlawing of what had kept it thriving after World War II - slot machine gambling. ..."

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