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field works

field works is the plural of field work.

Meaning of field work

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

Questions about field works

What is field works the plural of?
Field works is the plural of field work.

Words near field works in the dictionary

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

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