Battlefield
/ˈbætəlfiːld/
nounBeginner📊CommonPlace
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Definitions
1
An area where a battle is fought.
/ˈbætəlfiːld/
nounneutralBeginner
Place
Place of a battle
The battlefield was silent after the intense fighting.
💡 Simply: Where a fight takes place.
More Examples
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The aftermath on the battlefield was devastating.
How It's Used
Military History
"The battlefield was littered with weapons and the fallen."
Figurative
"The courtroom became a battlefield of legal arguments."
From "battle" + "field". The combination emerged naturally as a descriptive term for the location of battles, reflecting the evolution of warfare.
The term has been used consistently to describe the location of battles since the early modern period. Its usage reflects the growing importance of geographic factors in military strategy.
Memory tip
Imagine a field where battles happen.
Base: battle
fierce battlefieldbloody battlefieldancient battlefield
Common misspellings
battlefeildbattelfield
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