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minefield

US/ˈmaɪnˌfild/

minefield noun: an area in which land mines or naval mines have been laid.

Noun

minefield (plural minefields)

  1. An area in which land mines or naval mines have been laid.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) A matter or situation presenting multiple risks, dangers, complications or difficulties.
    • Be careful. Foreign property investments are a minefield, and some people have lost a lot of money.
    • Russian grammar can be a minefield.
  3. A pitch that has dried out and crumbled and on which the ball is bouncing and spinning unpredictably.
  4. A quiz that terminates when the test-taker answers a question incorrectly.
    Synonyms:
    minefield quiz

minefield meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Vietnamese

minefield in Tamil

சுரங்கப்புலம்

minefield in Arabic

area in which mines have been hidden
حَقْلُ أَلْغَام ḥaqlu ʔalḡām

minefield in Vietnamese

area in which mines have been hidden
bãi mìn

Examples of minefield in a sentence

  • The sergeant asked for someone to cross the minefield, and Private Muggins raised his hand.
  • Did you make a double check and a triple check of the entire minefield before proceeding?
  • Did you double check and triple check of the entire minefield before proceeding?

All 12 example sentences with minefield

Synonyms of minefield

Forms of minefield

pluralminefields
alternative formmine field

Plural of minefield: minefields

Origin of minefield

From mine + field. Compare Saterland Frisian Mienenfäield (“minefield”), West Frisian mynfjild (“minefield”), Dutch mijnenveld (“minefield”), German Low German Minenfeld (“minefield”), German Minenfeld (“minefield”), Danish minefelt (“minefield”), Swedish minfält (“minefield”).

Words formed from minefield

Phrases with minefield

Questions about minefield

What does minefield mean?
Minefield means an area in which land mines or naval mines have been laid.
What is minefield in Tamil?
Minefield in Tamil is சுரங்கப்புலம். See Minefield meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is minefield?
Minefield is a noun.
How do you pronounce minefield?
Minefield is pronounced /ˈmaɪnˌfild/ (US).
What is the plural of minefield?
The plural of minefield is minefields.

Words near minefield in the dictionary

  1. Minecraftlike
  2. minecrafts
  3. Minecrafty
  4. mined
  5. mineevite-(Y)
  6. minefield
  7. minefield quiz
  8. minefield quizzes
  9. minefields
  10. mineful
  11. minefuls

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: minefield (page history and authors); minefield (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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