grain field

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A grain field is an area of land where cereal crops—wheat, barley, oats, rye, corn—are cultivated.

The term evokes pastoral imagery: golden grain fields stretching to the horizon, wind rippling through the grain field.

Often written as two words or hyphenated (grain-field), sometimes as one (grainfield).

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amber waves · swaying · stalks · prairie · farm · farm land · bread basket · crops · amber · rustling · silo · combine · threshing · meadow · pastoral · rye · oats · furrows

Categories
Opposites
crop type

grain fieldorchard

Fruit tree plantation

vineyard · vegetable garden · olive grove · tree plantation · citrus grove

land use

grain fieldwilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

wasteland · parking lot · forest · desert · industrial zone

vegetation structure

grain fieldforest

Tree-dense ecosystem

woodland · orchard · jungle · old-growth forest · thicket

Family

grain, field, grains, grained, grainy, graininess, fields, fielded, fielding

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G