Battlefield

//ˈbætəlˌfiːld// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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.

Related phrases

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