fieldwork
/ˈfildwɝk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.96 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
Uncountable
noun
A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "The days now were occupied in field work and more field work; he cleared new bits of ground, getting out roots and stones; plowing, manuring, harrowing, working with pick and spade, breaking lumps of soil and crumbling them with hand and heel; a tiller of the ground always, laying out fields like velvet carpets. He waited a couple of days longer―there was a look of rain about―and then he sowed his grain."
- "Besides the bookkeeping and marketing, there's a ton of fieldwork to get done this week."
- "That well Bob set up last weekend was some good fieldwork."
- "I thought the fieldwork in the course I was taking was going to be hard, but it was just interviewing people."
- "Billy's out building some fieldwork so that our enemies don't walk right over us."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *felde-werk
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfildwɝk/
- British English: /ˈfiːldwɜːk/