FIELD OF HONOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does field of honor mean? 

• FIELD OF HONOR (noun)
  The noun FIELD OF HONOR has 2 senses:

1. the scene of a duel

2. a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought

  Familiarity information: FIELD OF HONOR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIELD OF HONOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The scene of a duel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("field of honor" is a kind of...):

scene (the place where some action occurs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A region where a battle is being (or has been) fought

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

battlefield; battleground; field; field of battle; field of honor

Context example:

they made a tour of Civil War battlefields

Hypernyms ("field of honor" is a kind of...):

parcel; parcel of land; piece of ground; piece of land; tract (an extended area of land)

Meronyms (parts of "field of honor"):

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)