battlefield

noun

bat·​tle·​field ˈba-tᵊl-ˌfēld 

1

: a place where a battle is fought

2

: an area of conflict

Synonyms

• battleground
• field

Examples of battlefield in a Sentence

Hundreds of dead soldiers lay on the battlefield.

wounded soldiers being carried off the battlefield

Recent Examples on the Web

Britain said that in a joint effort with Norway, just over $580 million would be spent to provide hundreds of thousands of military drones, radar systems and anti-tank mines, as well as repair and maintenance contracts to keep Ukrainian armored vehicles on the battlefield. —Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025

The aircrafts delivery from European allies was also hoped to change the battlefield calculus. —David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025

Analysts attribute Moscow’s stagnation on the battlefield to increased Ukrainian drone efficiency, deteriorating Russian logistical supply and the exhaustion of Russian forces after relentless assaults in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. —Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025

Equally clear is the geography of the battlefield, which is a key element of successful combat filmmaking dating back to Helm’s Deep and The Two Towers. —Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for battlefield

• unconcealed
• unrepealed
• unrevealed
• afield
• airfield
• annealed
• appealed
• brownfield
• coalfield
• concealed
• congealed
• cornfield

Kids Definition

battlefield

noun

bat·​tle·​field -ˌfēld 

: a place where a battle is fought or was once fought