polo ground

collocation in English

meaningsofpoloandground

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polo
noun[U]
uk
/ˈpəʊ.ləʊ/us
/ˈpoʊ.loʊ/
a game played between two teams who ride horses and carry long wooden hammers with which they hit a small, hard ball, trying to ...
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ground
noun
uk
/ɡraʊnd/us
/ɡraʊnd/
the surface of ...
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(Definition ofpoloandgroundfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Not long ago a camp was started near thepologroundfor transport cattle, but this had to be abandoned owing to the high rate of mortality.
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During school vacations it is also used aspologround.
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Thepologround, as its name suggests, was originally used for polo games.
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By 2005, a sixthpologroundhad been added.
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The campus has a gymnasium, four soccer fields, four hockey fields, four tennis courts, a swimming pool, apologround, ten basketball courts, and an athletics field.
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It now has ten polo grounds, two of which are suitable for use all year round.
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The property extended south and southeast of the hotel and included gardens, parkland, polo grounds, race track, and golf course.
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The field was originally referred to in newspapers simply as the polo grounds, and over time this generic designation became a proper name.
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Swimming pools, tennis courts, polo grounds and exercise facilities are also common.
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The venue's original purpose was for the sport of polo, and its name was initially merely descriptive, not a formal name, often rendered as the polo grounds in newspapers.
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