2. Noun. The area within which a game (especially a video game) is played. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Playfield
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Playfield
Literary usage of Playfield
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Old Dundee, Narrated Out of the Town Council Register, with by Alexander Maxwell (1884)
"But the ground which the Council then leased was really a portion of the playfield
which had shortly before been divided off. In the rental roll of 1581, ..."
2. Replanning Reading: An Industrial City of a Hundred Thousand by John Nolen (1910)
"THE READING HIGH SCHOOL playfield, SECURED AND SUPPORTED BY PRIVATELY RAISED FUNDS.
Erma Kathryn Ross, age 12. "The boy would be compelled to abide by rules ..."
3. Planning Problems of Town, City, and Region: Papers and Discussions at the by American Civic Association (1922)
"The playfield, for the active play of adults and young people over twelve, ...
A minimum size for a playfield might be set, for the sake of giving some ..."
4. The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922 by Clarence Monroe Burton, William Stocking, Gordon K. Miller, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company (1922)
"In 1919 alone the Commission established seventeen playground and five playfield
sites. Of these sixteen are located in the area bounded by the Grand ..."
5. Social Service Directory by Chicago (Ill.). Dept. of Public Welfare (1918)
"Has outdoor gymnasium, single playfield and skating pond. ... Little children's
playfield. Burrough's Playground 36th St. and Washtenaw Ave. ..."
6. The History of Old Dundee, Narrated Out of the Town Council Register, with by Alexander Maxwell (1884)
"But the ground which the Council then leased was really a portion of the playfield
which had shortly before been divided off. In the rental roll of 1581, ..."
7. Replanning Reading: An Industrial City of a Hundred Thousand by John Nolen (1910)
"THE READING HIGH SCHOOL playfield, SECURED AND SUPPORTED BY PRIVATELY RAISED FUNDS.
Erma Kathryn Ross, age 12. "The boy would be compelled to abide by rules ..."
8. Planning Problems of Town, City, and Region: Papers and Discussions at the by American Civic Association (1922)
"The playfield, for the active play of adults and young people over twelve, ...
A minimum size for a playfield might be set, for the sake of giving some ..."
9. The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922 by Clarence Monroe Burton, William Stocking, Gordon K. Miller, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company (1922)
"In 1919 alone the Commission established seventeen playground and five playfield
sites. Of these sixteen are located in the area bounded by the Grand ..."
10. Social Service Directory by Chicago (Ill.). Dept. of Public Welfare (1918)
"Has outdoor gymnasium, single playfield and skating pond. ... Little children's
playfield. Burrough's Playground 36th St. and Washtenaw Ave. ..."
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