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

The teacher took a class on a field trip to the Georgia Museum of Art, where students viewed nude paintings. — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 10 July 2026

The organization works with 14 school districts in the Sacramento area and receives most of its funding from cities, Wieser said, allowing students to attend field trips for free. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 5 July 2026

Participants focused on different forensic topics each day, including fingerprinting, cold case analysis and field trips to the Franciscan Center of Hope Program and the Indiana State Police Crime Lab in Lowell. — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026

Samples were collected during multiple field trips conducted by the University of Malaysia Sabah's Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, and the research was published in the New Zealand Journal of Botany. — CBS News, 19 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for field trip

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

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