grain field
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- noun
- /ɡreɪn fiːld/
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campo de granos
- As we drove through the countryside, we admired the lush grain fields ready for harvest.
Examples
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"For future beetle releases," says Prokrym, "we are looking for sites near grain fields, where there is a steady water source and the vegetation is more diverse and stable."
Academic text (1995) -
In an arid region, water attracts birds—especially doves who feed in grain fields and on the seeds left behind after cattle forage.
Fiction book (2001) -
The cassava field might be as large as the grain field.
Academic text (1991) -
Over on the mainland, where there are broad grain fields, men make ale.
Fiction book (1990) -
Where are the great grain fields of China wheat up in Manchuria, right goes up the north.
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You've got great grain fields out there in Syracuse.
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He never left his small patch of grain field from sunup to sundown, except when it was raining.
Fiction book (1994) -
Tamborel rehearsed all that had been said and done that morning, from the moment he got up to the time Hwyllum, his pappa, left for the grain fields.
Fiction book (1993) -
Farmers often harvest wheat and oats from their grain fields during the summer.
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The golden waves of ripe barley danced in the breeze across the grain fields.
Synonyms
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A field where farmers grow plants like wheat or oats
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Morphology
The meaning 'a field in which grain crops are grown' is directly derivable from combining 'grain' (edible seed/cereal) with 'field' (a plot of land); the noun+noun composition signals the type or purpose of the field. This is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common compositional pattern that a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand.
Etymology
Grain field is a simple farming name: grain means the small seeds of wheat, barley, or oats and field means open land. So it means 'a field where grain crops are grown'.