battlefield

UK/ˈbætəlˌfiːld/US/ˈbætəlˌfiːld/

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Other forms: battlefields

A battlefield is the ground on which a battle is fought. On the battlefield, a battlefield tour, the old battlefield.

Many are protected sites, since the ground itself is evidence and metal detecting on one without permission is an offence. The figurative use is common, and a political battlefield is wherever the fight is happening.

Definitions of battlefield

1nounbattlefieldThe ground on which a battle is fought.C1
“Poppies grow on the old battlefields of northern France.”

battlefield is a ground.

Where it comes from

Battle plus field, from Old French bataille, from Latin battuere, to beat.

From battle + field.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

battlefield in the wild

Players fight on a modern battlefield, using modern weapon systems.
Battlefield 2
Custer National Cemetery, on the battlefield, is part of the national monument.
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Sites on the trail include battlefields, museums, historic sites, forts and cemeteries.
Civil War Discovery Trail
The practice of preserving the battlefields of the American Civil War for historical and memorial reasons has been developed over more than 150 years in the United States.
American Civil War battlefield preservation

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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