field
- noun
- /fiːld/
- I'm just passing LaGuardia Field.
- landing field
- Moffett Field
- Henderson Field
It's the Teterboro or Hanscom field of Atlanta.
- It's the Teterboro or Hanscom field of Atlanta.
- It's much easier to acquire a plane on the field in Britain than a plane on the ground in France.
Examples
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But at least there was a landing field, no matter how primitive.
Fiction book (1999) -
I took off from the field at 0800 this morning.
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At 5:00 Wednesday morning our plane will land at your field.
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A fourth plane went down in a field in Pennsylvania.
Academic text (2011) -
And the President and Mrs. Kennedy have arrived at Dallas Love Field.
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Houston, we overshot our landing field.
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In a New Jersey potato field, Karl Jansky listened to the noisy radio hiss of the cosmos.
Academic text (1991) -
The flight will land on the field at the airport after a long journey.
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Pilots must check the condition of the field before taking off.
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He watched as the small plane approached the field for a smooth landing.
Synonyms
A long flat surface where planes take off and land
An area of land where planes take off and land without full airport services
A simple airfield with few or no airport facilities
A short area of ground where small planes land and take off
A short, simple runway where small planes land and take off
A flat open place where small planes arrive and take off
An airport with a runway, control tower, and hangars for planes
An area of land where small planes take off and land
A simple place where planes land without airport buildings for emergencies or military landings
Antonyms
Idioms
Make the situation different so some people have a better chance to win
Compounds
- Specialized
An area around a magnet or electric current where a magnet's force moves objects
The part of the outfield on the left side in baseball and the player who plays there
- US
An area of grass or artificial grass marked for playing soccer with goalposts
A team sport played on grass where players use curved sticks to hit a small hard ball into a goal
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A temporary hospital near a disaster or battlefield that treats injured people
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The space around a planet or other object that pulls things toward it
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The area you can see at one time, for example through a camera or telescope
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An area around a charged object that pushes or pulls other small charged things
- Specialized
A measure of how strong an electric or magnetic field is at a place
- US
The part of the baseball outfield behind second base between left and right field
An area of land people prepare and keep for playing sports like soccer or track
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A wire wrapped around a magnet that makes a magnetic field in motors and generators
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An idea in physics that explains forces and particles as things spread through space and time, like gravity or electricity
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Large mobile guns that armies use to fire at enemy positions to help front-line troops
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A person in the army with the rank of major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel
A competition on the field where athletes jump or throw, like long jump and shot put
- Jargon
A player who leads and directs the team's play on the field, often the quarterback
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An imaginary line that shows the direction of the force around magnets or electric charges
Part of business that helps companies tell people about and sell products or services
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A microscope that makes tiny particles too small for an ordinary microscope appear bright on a dark background
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An area around electric charges that pushes or pulls other charges
A situation where everyone has an equal chance and no one has unfair advantages
- Specialized
A large movable weapon soldiers use on the battlefield to fire at enemy troops
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Electrons leave a material's surface when a strong electric field pulls them into empty space
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How strong and which way an electric or magnetic field is at a point
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An area where soldiers fight and do military work during a war
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Field meant 'open land', so an airfield is just that kind of flat open area where planes take off and land.