FOOTBALL FIELD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does football field mean? 

• FOOTBALL FIELD (noun)
  The noun FOOTBALL FIELD has 1 sense:

1. the playing field on which football is played

  Familiarity information: FOOTBALL FIELD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOOTBALL FIELD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The playing field on which football is played

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

football field; gridiron

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

athletic field; field; playing area; playing field (a piece of land prepared for playing a game)

Holonyms ("football field" is a part of...):

football stadium (a stadium where football games are held)

 Context examples 

The crater spans half the length of a football field and first appeared in March 2012.

(NASA Mars weathercam helps find big new crater, NASA)

Nearly 20 percent of the world's remaining forests are the distance of a football field—or about 100 meters—away from forest edges.

(Shrinking habitats have adverse effects on world ecosystems, NSF)

Hand-clapping and roars of laughter from the hunters greeted the exploit, while Mugridge, eluding half of his pursuers at the foremast, ran aft and through the remainder like a runner on the football field.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Last year, the NFL acknowledged for the first time publicly a link between head blows sustained on the football field and brain disease and agreed to a $1 billion settlement to compensate former players who suffer from head trauma-related injuries.

(Study: Brain Disease Found in Nearly All Deceased US Football Players, VOA News)