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field

 
/fild/ n [C] (LAND)

Definition

an area of land with grass or crops growing on it: We drove past fields of wheat. A field can also be a large area covered by something or having something under its surface: an oil field the field The field is a place where practical work is being done: He was a working reporter in the field, not some anchorman in a studio.
(Definition of field n (LAND) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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