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Lego has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(trademark) a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models

"The children spent hours building intricate castles and vehicles using their favorite lego bricks."

2

Alternative spelling of Lego

"The children spent hours building a complex castle out of colorful lego bricks on the kitchen table."

3

Alternative letter-case form of Lego

4

Any of several small, coloured, plastic bricks made by the Lego Company that can be made to join together and be taken apart, used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc.

In plain English: Lego is a brand of small plastic building blocks that you snap together to make things.

"The children spent hours building castles with their lego blocks."

Example Sentences
"The children spent hours building castles with their lego blocks." noun
"The child spent hours building a castle out of lego bricks." noun
"She sorted the red and blue lego pieces into separate bins." noun
"My brother lost half his favorite lego minifigure during the move." noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
plaything

Origin

The name Lego comes from the Danish phrase leg godt, which literally means "play well." Although the company was founded in 1934 with this specific meaning, the word happens to share a coincidence with the Latin verb for "I put together," but it does not derive from that language.

Rhyming Words
ego pego rego vego mego bego tego trego grego diego prego luego owego otsego cobego forego umbego galego abrego nonego
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