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

What gets prototyped there radiates into field trips, after-school programs and summer camps that reach thousands of children a year. — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

The cancellations for these schools also affect afternoon field trips, afternoon early childhood sessions and after-school activities. — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Finding meaning in stories recounting American history, field trips to local sites of the Till narrative — Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Bronzeville, where Till’s homegoing was held — were among the activities. — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Milly liked the careful way Val took notes and photographs on their field trips. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 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