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

Hands-on activities include bicycle training courses, community bike rides and walking field trips to reinforce safety skills. —Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2026

While driving to Fort Worth, Texas, Tommy passes Rick’s Cabaret, the strip club Angela once took her nursing home residents to on a field trip. —Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026

Some of his favorite activities include coloring with chalk on the pavement, swinging at the playground, sunbathing on warm days, visiting the trampoline park, playing Bocce, and going on field trips that spark his curiosity. —CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025

Housed in a decommissioned subway station in downtown Brooklyn, the museum was packed with elementary-school children on a field trip. —Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 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