field trip

noun

: a visit (as to a factory, farm, or museum) made (as by students and a teacher) for purposes of firsthand observation

Examples of field trip in a Sentence

We took a class field trip to the power plant.

We went on a field trip.

Recent Examples on the Web

Group visits and educational field trips are welcome and can be scheduled by calling 407-396-8644, Ext. 2. —Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025

Santa Ana Unified School District has suspended all summer field trips for a third consecutive week due to ongoing federal immigration raids in the area. —Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 25 June 2025

The school children were on their way back from a field trip when Enrique Cisneros allegedly pulled up in his mom's car with his genitals out and made faces at them while exposing himself. —Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 24 June 2025

Raised in Waukegan, Burke Morrell remembers walking from Cooke Magnet Elementary School to the Waukegan Public Library on field trips. —Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for field trip

• airship
• airstrip
• clerkship
• courtship
• equip
• filmstrip
• flagship
• gunship
• headship
• heirship
• judgeship
• kinship

Kids Definition

field trip

noun

: a visit (as to a factory, farm, or museum) made by students and usually a teacher for purposes of firsthand observation