place kick
place-kicking | (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking |
refreshment
recreation | activity that refreshes and recreates, activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation, time for rest and refreshment by the pool, days of joyous recreation with his friends |
diversion
recreation | an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates, scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists, for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles, drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation |
| place bet | a bet that a horse will finish a race no worse than second |
position post
berth
office spot billet
place
situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
stead
position place lieu | the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another, can you go in my stead?, took his place, in lieu of |
topolatry
place-worship | the worship of places |
market
marketplace
market place | the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold, without competition there would be no market, they were driven from the marketplace |
farmplace
farm-place
farmstead | a farm together with its buildings |
forum
assembly meeting place | a public facility to meet for open discussion |
landing
landing place | structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods |
marketplace
market place
mart
market | an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up |
| place mat | a mat serving as table linen for an individual place setting |
place of business
business establishment | an establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered |
place of worship
house of prayer
house of God
house of worship | any building where congregations gather for prayer |
place setting
setting | a table service for one person, a place setting of sterling flatware |
| Potemkin village | something that seems impressive but in fact lacks substance |
recreational facility
recreation facility | a public facility for recreation |
recreation room
rec room | a room equipped for informal entertaining |
restaurant
eating house
eating place
eatery | a building where people go to eat |
| place | an abstract mental location, he has a special place in my thoughts, a place in my heart, a political system with no place for the less prominent groups |
imaginary place
mythical place
fictitious place | a place that exists only in imagination, a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings |
place name
toponym | the name by which a geographical place is known |
space blank space
place | a blank area, write your name in the space provided |
| place | the passage that is being read, he lost his place on the page |
| place position | an item on a list or in a sequence, in the second place, moved from third to fifth position |
second-place finish
runner-up finish | a finish in second place (as in a race) |
| third-place finish | a finish in third place (as in a race) |
| first-place finish | a finish in first place (as in a race) |
village
small town
settlement | a community of people smaller than a town |
jumping-off place
point of departure | a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched, one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him, my point of departure was San Francisco |
birthplace
place of birth | the place where someone was born |
birthplace cradle
place of origin
provenance
provenience | where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence, the birthplace of civilization |
| place property | any area set aside for a particular purpose, who owns this place?, the president was concerned about the property across from the White House |
polling place
polling station | a place where voters go to cast their votes in an election |
| home place | where you live at a particular time, deliver the package to my home, he doesn't have a home to go to, your place or mine? |
| gathering place | a favorite haunt where people gather |
| lurking place | a place suitable for lurking |
| hiding place | a place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself) |
holy place
sanctum holy | a sacred place of pilgrimage |
| nesting place | a place suitable for nesting |
plaza
place piazza | a public square with room for pedestrians, they met at Elm Plaza, Grosvenor Place |
| pride of place | the first or highest or most important or most ostentatious place |
position
place | the particular portion of space occupied by something, he put the lamp back in its place |
vicinity
locality
neighborhood
neighbourhood
neck of the woods | a surrounding or nearby region, the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville, it is a rugged locality, he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood, I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods |
| place | a general vicinity, He comes from a place near Chicago |
| seat place | a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane), he booked their seats in advance, he sat in someone else's place |
topographic point
place
spot | a point located with respect to surface features of some region, this is a nice place for a picnic, a bright spot on a planet |
village
hamlet | a settlement smaller than a town |
| village green | a village park consisting of a plot of grassy land |