how to pronounce playpen

/ˈplɛɪˌpɛn/

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playpen is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of playpen in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… actually had a playpen in a salon did …”

meanings of playpen

noun:

An enclosure for children to play in.

playpen frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word playpen occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics playpen can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that playpen can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) leisure and entertainment;