TESTING GROUND

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation

Example:

Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American troops to combat terrorism

Synonyms:

laboratory; testing ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("testing ground" is a kind of...):

region (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth)

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