battlefield
/ˈbætəlˌfiːld/
battlefield noun: the area where a land battle is fought, which may not necessarily be a field.
Noun
battlefield (plural battlefields)
- 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 Vicksburg1886, Ulysses S. Grant, chapter 35, in Personal memoirs of U.S. Grant
- Though in the past it saw much of the unhappiness and strife of Border warfare—the great battlefields of Pilleth and Mortimer's Cross are nearby—it is now a quiet and happy place.1939 September, John D. Hewitt, “The Kington Branch of the G.W.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 191
- Synonyms:
- battleground, field of battle
battlefield meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
battlefield in Hindi
- field of a land battle
- युद्धक्षेत्र yuddhakṣetra, रणक्षेत्र raṇakṣetra, युद्धभूमि yuddhabhūmi, लड़ाई का मैदान laṛāī kā maidān
battlefield in Tamil
- field of a land battle
- போர்க்களம் pōrkkaḷam, அரங்கம் araṅkam
battlefield in Marathi
- युद्धभूमी
battlefield in Urdu
- field of a land battle
- مَیدانِ جَن٘گ maidān-i jaṅg, مَیدانِ کارْزار maidān-i kārzār, لَڑائی کا مَیدان laṛāī kā maidān
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- battlefield in Bengali
- রণক্ষেত্র ronokkhetro, যুদ্ধক্ষেত্র juddhokkhetro, রঙ্গভূমি roṅgobhumi, ময়দান moẏodan
- battlefield in Telugu
- యుద్ధరంగము yuddharaṅgamu, రణరంగము raṇaraṅgamu
- battlefield in Malayalam
- യുദ്ധക്കളം yuddhakkaḷaṁ
- battlefield in Kannada
- ಸಮರಂಗ samaraṅga, ರಣರಂಗ raṇaraṅga
- battlefield in Punjabi
- ਜੰਗ ਦਾ ਮੈਦਾਨ jaṅg dā maidān
- battlefield in Gujarati
- યુદ્ધક્ષેત્ર yuddhakṣetra
- battlefield in Odia
- ଯୁଦ୍ଧକ୍ଷେତ୍ର, ଯୁଦ୍ଧଭୂମି
- battlefield in Sinhala
- යුධ පිටිය yudha piṭiya
- battlefield in Nepali
- युद्धभूमि, युद्धक्षेत्र
- battlefield in Arabic
- سَاحَة حَرْب sāḥat ḥarb, سَاحَة مَعْرَكَة sāḥat maʕraka, مُعْتَرَك muʕtarak, مُقْتَتَل muqtatal
- battlefield in Malay
- medan perang
- battlefield in Indonesian
- medan tempur, medan perang
- battlefield in Thai
- สนามรบ sà-nǎam-róp, สมรภูมิ sà-mɔ̌ɔ-rá-puum
- battlefield in Vietnamese
- chiến trường, chiến địa
- battlefield in Myanmar
- စစ်တလင်း cacta.lang:, စစ်မြေပြင် cacmre-prang
Examples of battlefield in a sentence
- An abandoned tank was burning out at the edge of the battlefield.
- It was a great victory on the battlefield.
- A battlefield trial is a travesty of justice.
Synonyms of battlefield
Forms of battlefield
| plural | battlefields |
|---|---|
| alternative form | battle-field |
Origin of battlefield
From battle + field.
Words formed from battlefield
Questions about battlefield
- What does battlefield mean?
- Battlefield means the area where a land battle is fought, which may not necessarily be a field.
- What is battlefield in Hindi?
- Battlefield in Hindi is युद्धक्षेत्र (yuddhakṣetra), रणक्षेत्र (raṇakṣetra), युद्धभूमि (yuddhabhūmi). See Battlefield meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is battlefield?
- Battlefield is a noun.
- How do you pronounce battlefield?
- Battlefield is pronounced /ˈbætəlˌfiːld/.
- What is the plural of battlefield?
- The plural of battlefield is battlefields.
Words near battlefield in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: battlefield (page history and authors); battlefield (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); battlefield (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); battlefield (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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