Definitions for recreation

recreation rec·re·a·tion

Spelling: [rek-ree-ey-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌrɛk riˈeɪ ʃən/

Recreation is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 686 anagrams from letters in recreation (aceeinorrt).

Definitions for recreation

noun

  1. refreshment by means of some pastime, agreeable exercise, or the like.
  2. a pastime, diversion, exercise, or other resource affording relaxation and enjoyment.
  3. the act of creating anew.
  4. something created anew.

Origin of recreation

1350-1400; Middle English recreacioun (Middle French recreation) Latin recreātiōn- (stem of recreātiō) restoration, recovery, equivalent to recreāt(us) (see recreate<

Examples for recreation

So there is nothing wrong with using the charms of, say, Parks and recreation, to create some solid bonding time.

Always work had stolen from him these treasures—dreams, recreation and knowledge.

Hubert, quite excited by this day of recreation and of fete, was the only one who had anything to say.

Brute is the story of Mac and Jesse, two disenfranchised teens who turn to robbing houses as a form of recreation and quick cash.

As anybody who has seen his now famous rant on Parks and recreation knows, Patton Oswalt can get a little obsessed.

We then went to the chapel, where a short Mass was celebrated, after which we had an hour's recreation.

For Nick Offerman, of Parks and recreation, the one is a thing: whiskey.

recreation: Telling young men how to scorn the root of all fortunes.

Greenwich was the place fixed on for the dinner, and we prepared for the day of recreation.

But it does seem borderline egregious that Amy Poehler has yet to win an Emmy for Parks and recreation.

Word Value for recreation
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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