sandpit

noun
UK /ˈsændpɪt/
US /ˈsændpɪt/

A sandpit is a box or small area filled with sand where children play.

The children built a castle in the sandpit.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A pit from which sand is dug out.

The workers loaded trucks at the sandpit.

3. A trap or difficult situation that is hard to escape.

The negotiations turned into a legal sandpit.

4. In golf, a bunker filled with sand.

His ball landed in the sandpit near the green.