FIELDWORK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fieldwork mean? 

• FIELDWORK (noun)
  The noun FIELDWORK has 1 sense:

1. a temporary fortification built by troops in the field

  Familiarity information: FIELDWORK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIELDWORK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A temporary fortification built by troops in the field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("fieldwork" is a kind of...):

fortification; munition (defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it)