wheat field
7
1.4
- noun
- /wiːt fiːld/
:
campo de trigo
- In the summer, the wheat field sways gently in the breeze under the sun.
The shining gem amidst the rolling golden wheat fields.
- The shining gem amidst the rolling golden wheat fields.
- Where these broke surface, giant forests reared up into the burning, dull green sky, smothering the former wheat fields of temperate Europe and North America.
Examples
-
Scattered between the wheat fields, the emerald green alfalfa was opening into purple blossom.
Fiction book (1993) -
Did you go out to the wheat field with him last night?
-
Is that a wheat field?
-
And when I finally caught up with her, she was standing in the middle of the wheat field, staring at the sky.
-
They've been working in the wheat fields all day.
-
It was in a wheat field just south of Coffeyville, Kansas.
-
The sun was still high, and the wheat fields were golden, with the ripening heads of wheat slightly drooped.
Fiction book (1998) -
Matthew Biddle described the tornado as an "unimpressive landspout" that briefly touched down in a wheat field.
Academic text (1999) -
The farmer walks through the vast wheat field to inspect the crop.
-
Golden wheat fields stretch across the landscape, ready for harvest.
Synonyms
1
2.0
A field where farmers grow wheat
1
1.9
A field where crops like wheat and barley grow
1
2.6
A field where farmers grow plants like wheat or oats
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a field in which wheat is cultivated' is directly and compositionally derived from 'wheat' (a cereal crop) + 'field' (a plot of land for crops). This straightforward noun–noun compound follows a common cross-linguistic pattern (e.g. Spanish 'campo de trigo') and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Wheat field is a compound name from farming: a field full of wheat plants ready for harvest, so it simply means 'a field where wheat grows'.