wheatfield
- noun
- /ˈwiːtˌfiːld/
- Children love to run through the wheatfield, feeling the soft stalks brush against their skin.
Examples
-
Nevertheless, he sought to paint a series of wheatfields, vineyards, olive groves, and cypresses; but only the field behind the asylum, the olive groves, and, to some extent, the cypresses received his repeated attention.
Academic text (1993) -
The golden wheatfield stretched as far as the eye could see under the bright sun.
-
Say sweetly: "Then to lie with you in that wheatfield, near the water tower."
Fiction book (1997) -
"Sounds like a plague of grasshoppers chewing a wheatfield," Martin said.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Are you satisfied with all the arrangements so far?" I started as we began to cut a path around the barn through the wheatfields toward Route 30.
Fiction book (1996) -
Those slightly out-of-focus wavy wheatfields at the opening of the film are from Katrina Shoop's farm.
Fiction book (1996) -
Standing in a wheatfield, crossing the road out to Hog Canyon Lake, or running through the timber with a doe, even in deer country, he made a lasting impression on those who caught him up close in their headlights.
Fiction book (1994) -
The mountain's lower slopes were also pleasant, green, and thatched with wheatfields and groves of gray-leafed olive trees.
Fiction book (2001) -
Farmers gathered to discuss the best practices for planting in the upcoming wheatfield season.
Synonyms
A field where wheat grows
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word wheatfield comes from two simple words: wheat, from an old English word for the 'grain we eat', and field, meaning 'open land'. So a wheatfield is literally 'open land where wheat is grown', which explains its modern meaning.