Fieldwork

Definitions

1. Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
   uncountable
2. Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions.
   uncountable
3. The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.
   countable, uncountable
4. A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.
   countable, rare

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Examples

“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.”

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