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field work

field work noun: a temporary fortification in the field.

Noun

field work (countable and uncountable, plural field works)

  1. A temporary fortification in the field
    • If any person, without lawful authority, makes or attempts to make any sketch, drawing, photograph, picture, painting, model or note of any fort, battery, field work, fortification or any military work of defence, aerodrome, barracks, post, magazine, munition factory, stores depot or any other...1954 - Irish Defense Act, 1954; Section 268
  2. (research) The collection of raw data, in the field.
    • They must gain access, engage in field-work, and finally leave the field to carry out analysis.1993, Dick Hobbs, Tim May, Interpreting the field: accounts of ethnography, page 45

field work meaning in Tamil

field work in Tamil

களப்பணி புலப்பணி, கள வேலை, வெளிக்களவேலை, ஆய்வுக் களப்பணி, களப்பணி, புலப்பணி

Forms of field work

pluralfield works
alternative formfieldwork
alternative formfield-work

Questions about field work

What does field work mean?
Field work means a temporary fortification in the field.
What is field work in Tamil?
Field work in Tamil is களப்பணி புலப்பணி, கள வேலை, வெளிக்களவேலை. See Field work meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is field work?
Field work is a noun.
What is the plural of field work?
The plural of field work is field works.

Words near field work in the dictionary

  1. field up
  2. field vole
  3. field voles
  4. field wife
  5. field wives
  6. field work
  7. field works
  8. Field's alloy
  9. Field's metal
  10. field-book
  11. field-books

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Adapted from Wiktionary: field work (page history and authors); field work (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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