fieldwork

[feeld-wurk]

noun

1. Also field work work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing.

   archaeological fieldwork.

2. Fortification.,  a temporary fortification constructed in the field.

fieldwork

/ ˈfiːldˌwɜːk /

noun

1. military a temporary structure used in defending or fortifying a place or position

Other Word Forms

• fieldworker noun
• field-worker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of fieldwork¹

First recorded in 1735–45; field + work

Example Sentences

The Navy said it has collected more than 200 ambient air monitoring samples from Parcel C since it began performing fieldwork there in 2023.

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The details of HTS governance in Idlib provided in “Transformed by the People” are fascinating and informative, drawing on the authors’ extensive fieldwork in the region.

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Such fieldwork will be difficult to carry out, since orca hunts are rare and expensive to monitor.

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The research included fieldwork at multiple military installations and other locations with differing contamination histories.

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More than 15 years after graduating from Cerritos College, he’s trying to pay it forward — by hosting the college’s education students in his classroom so that they can earn their fieldwork hours.

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