open field
15
1.2
- noun
- /ˈoʊpən fiːld/
:
campo abierto
- We set up our picnic in an open field surrounded by rolling hills.
- a wide-open field
You're in a beautiful open field.
- You're in a beautiful open field.
- And until you've seen a blind kid try to hide from Dragons in an open field, you haven't seen anything.
- They they basically try to prove that that plane that came down to Pennsylvania in that big open field that that was shot down.
- Well, you're giving them an open field, aren't you?
- So I like to have this open field for different interpretation and for different receptions.
Examples
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Jeff starts across an open field toward the town, first jogging, then running.
Fiction book (1997) -
Is there any way to get to that truck without marching across that open field?
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A man on a chair in an open field was having his hair cut.
Fiction book (1994) -
At the end of the open field was a corn garden.
Fiction book (1992) -
Maybe pitch a tent out here in this open field.
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You will find that you are now very near the open field... that serves as a perimeter to your base.
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Many Russian soldiers had to sleep in open fields, wrapped only in their great coats.
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Ahead lay nothing but open fields, huge, blank, empty countryside, and forest beyond.
Academic text (2002) -
There's an open field over that ridge.
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Five hunters walk through an open field in the lush, rolling pine-covered hills north of Montgomery.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
742
1.0
An area of open land used for farming or grazing
98
1.0
A large flat area of land with few trees
56
3.2
An open grassy area near houses where people meet or play
19
2.8
An empty piece of land in a town without buildings
18
1.0
An outdoor area with no cover
8
1.0
Outside in a place that is not covered
3
2.1
An area of land people prepare and keep for playing sports like soccer or track
2
2.8
An open area in a forest with few trees
2
3.7
A flat open place where small planes arrive and take off
An area of land where small planes take off and land
Antonyms
How Open
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'open' (unobstructed) with 'field' (a plot of land), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer an unobstructed area of land. This adjective+noun pattern is a basic, cross-linguistically common construction and thus highly transparent.
Etymology
Open field comes from the simple image of a wide field that is open, with nothing blocking it — no trees, buildings, or fences. That's why open field today means 'an area of land with no buildings or trees'.