PADDY FIELD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paddy field mean? 

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

1. an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PADDY FIELD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

paddy; paddy field; rice paddy

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

field (a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed)

 Context examples 

Methane is produced by bacteria that digest straw ploughed back into fields in paddy fields to enrich it.

(Course grains better than rice for health, environment, SciDev.Net)