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beanfield

beanfield

1 2.0
A field where farmers grow beans
  • noun
  • /ˈbiːnˌfiːld/
translation icon : campo de frijoles
  • After a long day of work, we sat down to enjoy a picnic near the beanfield under the setting sun.

Examples

  • The farmer carefully tended to the crops in the beanfield to ensure a good harvest this season.

  • One led us on a steep climb to show with pride where he had reforested across the top of a ridge that once had been his beanfield.

    Academic text (2002)

  • We plow the Milagro Beanfield.

    Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)

  • Whatever, it was a sort of real-life precursor to the Milagro Beanfield War.

    Blog text (4)

  • The fields are turning golden; some leaves are off the beanfields in our area, and chopping corn for silage has begun.

    Blog text (12)

  • Every summer, the beanfield is filled with the vibrant green of growing bean plants.

Synonyms

field
vsbeanfield
742 1.0

An area of open land used for farming or grazing

is land used specifically to cultivate one crop not general open land
cropland
vsbeanfield
4 3.0

Land that is used to grow crops like grains or vegetables

is for growing a single specific crop rather than various crops

How Big

plantation
77 3.6
farm
∞ 1.0
beanfield
1 2.0
garden
740 1.0
vegetable patch
  • UK
2 2.0

Surface Forms

beanfield singular
beanfields plural

Etymology

Beanfield is simply made of bean and field, with bean meaning 'a seed or plant' and field meaning 'open land for crops'. So a beanfield is a field where beans are grown.