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fieldstrip

fieldstrip is the alternative form of field strip.

Meaning of field strip

Verb

field strip (third-person singular simple present field strips, present participle field stripping, simple past and past participle field stripped)

  1. (transitive) To dismantle (a weapon) for cleaning, oiling or repair; to disassemble (a firearm) to the maximum extent possible without tools.
    • He'd learned how to work a repeater - even how to fieldstrip and clean it.1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.
  2. (transitive) To take apart (a cigarette butt) for the purpose of reducing litter.

Forms of fieldstrip

third-person singular presentfieldstrips
present participlefieldstripping
past participlefieldstripped
pastfieldstripped

Questions about fieldstrip

What is fieldstrip the alternative form of?
Fieldstrip is the alternative form of field strip.

Words near fieldstrip in the dictionary

  1. fieldsmen
  2. fieldsport
  3. fieldsports
  4. fieldstone
  5. fieldstones
  6. fieldstrip
  7. fieldstripped
  8. fieldstripping
  9. fieldstrips
  10. fieldtrip
  11. fieldtrips

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