Battlefield
//ˈbætəlˌfiːld// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The area where a land battle is fought, which may not necessarily be a field.
"The night of the 16th of May found McPherson's command bivouacked from two to six miles west of the battlefield, along the line of the road to Vicksburg"
- 2 a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought wordnet
Example
More examples"He would still be alive had he refused to go to the battlefield then."
Etymology
From battle + field.
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