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wheatfield

wheatfield noun: a field of wheat; a plot of land planted with a crop of wheat.

Noun

wheatfield (plural wheatfields)

  1. A field of wheat; a plot of land planted with a crop of wheat.
    • The kneeling acolyte chimed a sacring-bell, and the congregation bent and swayed like a wheat-field swept scross by sudden wind.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 27

Proper noun capitalized: Wheatfield

Wheatfield

  1. A township in Clinton County, Illinois.
  2. A township and town therein, in Jasper County, Indiana.
  3. A township in Ingham County, Michigan.
  4. A town in Niagara County, New York.
  5. A township in Perry County, Pennsylvania.
  6. An unincorporated community in Shenandoah County, Virginia.
  7. A locality and civil parish (without a council) in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England.

Forms of wheatfield

pluralwheatfields
alternative formwheat-field

Origin of wheatfield

From wheat + field.

Questions about wheatfield

What does wheatfield mean?
Wheatfield means a field of wheat; a plot of land planted with a crop of wheat.
What part of speech is wheatfield?
Wheatfield can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of wheatfield?
The plural of wheatfield is wheatfields.

Words near wheatfield in the dictionary

  1. wheaten terrier
  2. wheaten terriers
  3. wheatens
  4. wheater
  5. wheaters
  6. wheatfield
  7. wheatfields
  8. wheatflake
  9. wheatflakes
  10. wheatflour
  11. wheatflours

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