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playfields

playfields is the plural of playfield.

Meaning of playfield

Noun

playfield (plural playfields)

  1. A playing field.
    • The position of the playfield is here identified as lying north of this open space between it and the burn, and occupying the haugh which extended west […]1884, Alexander Maxwell, The History of Old Dundee
  2. The onscreen area within which a game (especially a video game) is played.
    • The game has a tilt feature — tilt Fireball and a tilt sign glows and the scoring stops. The full-sized, full-color commercial playfield even has a special friction silk-screened surface so the ball will roll and not slide.1977, Popular Science
  3. (pinball) The main surface inside the machine where the ball moves and the game takes place.

Questions about playfields

What is playfields the plural of?
Playfields is the plural of playfield.

Words near playfields in the dictionary

  1. playfeers
  2. playfellow
  3. playfellows
  4. playfellowship
  5. playfield
  6. playfields
  7. playfight
  8. playfighting
  9. playfights
  10. playfolk
  11. Playfoot

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