training ground

noun — 2 senses

training ground

noun

1

Government, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Military, Politics, Sports, War A place or ground used for training.

As a 19-year-old Premier League footballer at Swansea, Ben Davies always took an eternity to leave the club’s training ground.2025 October 13, Ben Fisher, “Unflappable, indispensable: centurion Ben Davies is the glue that holds Wales together”, in The Guardian:

2

Broadly A workplace which provides training for employees.

These practical training grounds would be much reduced in the future and other means must be found to ensure that drivers and top-grade signalmen had a proper background of experience.1961 December, “Talking of Trains: Staff training”, in Trains Illustrated, page 712:

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