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BATTLEFIELD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
Example:
they made a tour of Civil War battlefields
Synonyms:
battlefield; battleground; field; field of battle; field of honor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("battlefield" is a kind of...):
parcel; parcel of land; piece of ground; piece of land; tract (an extended area of land)
Meronyms (parts of "battlefield"):
battlefront; front; front line (the line along which opposing armies face each other)
sector (a portion of a military position)
Instance hyponyms:
Armageddon ((New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world)
Camlan ((Arthurian legend) the battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded)
