Entry Word: field

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a small area of usually open land <a field that is the frequent site of neighborhood softball games>

Synonyms clearing, ground, lot, parcel, plat, plot, tract

Related Words common(s); grass, green, greensward, lawn; glade, grassland, heath, lea, meadow, moor, pasture

2 a region of activity, knowledge, or influence <the first woman to enter the field of medicine>

Synonyms area, arena, demesne, department, discipline, domain, line, province, realm, specialty, sphere

Related Words study, subject; territory, turf; business, occupation, profession, pursuit, racket, vocation

3 a part or portion having no fixed boundaries <if you set your camera lens to small aperture, the field of sharp focus will be quite large> — see region 1