(chiefly US) A group of athletic sports, consisting mainly of various kinds of running, jumping and throwing, that take place on a track and the enclosed field.

(military, chiefly US) An airfield outside of the homebase.

(agriculture) A flooded field where rice is grown.

To go out onto the playing field. / To begin military operations. / (horse racing) To stake one's money against the favourite, taking the chances of the field against the chance of one horse.

(baseball) The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to your right if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.

(physics) the field produced by the gravitational force of mass

a network of interconnected glaciers or ice streams having a common source / a large expanse of floating ice (several miles long)

(military) In certain nations the highest military rank, ranking below only the commander in chief; now essentially disused.

plural of field work

A mobile kitchen used to provision personnel on or near the site of a military operation.