hayfield

noun

hay·field ˈhā-ˌfēld

variants or less commonly hay field

: a field where herbaceous plants and especially grasses or legumes (such as timothy or orchard grass or alfalfa) are grown for hay (see hay entry 1 sense 1)

Examples of hayfield in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web With that in mind, ideal brood habitat is fairly open—think hayfields, food plots, and very early successional habitat—but with good escape cover nearby. —

Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 17 Apr. 2024 The label recounts the tale of one particularly hair-raising, almost-emergency landing in a hayfield. —

Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024 Across town, hayfields have been replaced by ranchette developments, and the town is full of new construction that tries, with varying levels of success, to look old. —

Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2023 This undulating route travels past pastures and hayfields, along the Pea Ridge National Military Park and across the Springfield Plateau. —

Cindy Hirschfeld, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for hayfield

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