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field⋅work

  [feeld-wurk]
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–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.
Origin:
1735–45; field + work

Related forms:
fieldworker, field-worker, noun
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field·work   (fēld'wûrk')   
n.  

  1. A temporary military fortification erected in the field.

  2. Work done or firsthand observations made in the field as opposed to that done or observed in a controlled environment.

  3. The collecting of sociological or anthropological data in the field.

field'work'er n.
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