PLAYING FIELD
Dictionary entry overview: What does playing field mean?
• PLAYING FIELD (noun)
The noun PLAYING FIELD has 2 senses:
1. the circumstances under which competition occurs
2. a piece of land prepared for playing a game
Familiarity information: PLAYING FIELD used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PLAYING FIELD (noun)
Meaning:
The circumstances under which competition occurs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
the government's objective is to insure a genuinely level playing field for American industry and commerce in Europe
Hypernyms ("playing field" is a kind of...):
circumstance (a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity)
Meaning:
A piece of land prepared for playing a game
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
athletic field; playing area; playing field; field
Context example:
the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field
Hypernyms ("playing field" is a kind of...):
parcel; parcel of land; piece of ground; piece of land; tract (an extended area of land)
Meronyms (parts of "playing field"):
midfield ((sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "playing field"):
arena; scene of action (a playing field where sports events take place)
ball field; baseball field; diamond (the baseball playing field)
court (a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played)
football field; gridiron (the playing field on which football is played)
palaestra; palestra (a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes)
bowling green (a field of closely mowed turf for playing bowls)
Holonyms ("playing field" is a part of...):
arena; bowl; sports stadium; stadium (a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments)
