battlefield
/ˈbætəlˌfild/
noun
Common
1.n.a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
“they made a tour of Civil War battlefields”
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battlefield and field share a recorded sense, so the question is not what they mean but which one fits. battlefield means “a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought”. field means “a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed”. field is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈbætəlˌfild/
1.n.a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
“they made a tour of Civil War battlefields”
/ˈfild/
1.n.a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
“he planted a field of wheat”
2.n.a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
“they made a tour of Civil War battlefields”
3.n.somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
“anthropologists do much of their work in the field”
| battlefield | field | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈbætəlˌfild/ | /ˈfild/ |
| Said | BAT-uhl-feeld | feeld |
| Syllables | 3 | 1 |
| Letters | 11 | 5 |
| Parts of speech | noun | noun, verb |
| Senses | 1 | 21 |
| How common | Common | Core |
| Synonyms | battleground, field of battle, field of honor | none recorded |
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