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

Wiseman taught a class on legal medicine, and would often take his students on field trips to observe the real world places this type of law was practiced, including courtrooms, hospitals, and prisons. —Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 16 Feb. 2026

The Wild Boars youth soccer team, all between 11 to 16 years old, had taken a field trip to the caves on June 23 and were trapped about two miles deep by flooding. —Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 11 Feb. 2026

One of his interests is fishing, for example, so the children went on a field trip to an aquarium. —Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026

The bill is named after 10-year-old Miranda Vargas, who died in a school bus crash during a field trip in 2018. —Nick Caloway, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026

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