hayfield

Grass crop land

A hayfield is a field where grass or other plants are grown to be cut and dried as hay for animal feed.

The word evokes rural agricultural landscapes: We walked past the hayfield at sunset.

Unlike a pasture where animals graze directly, a hayfield is cultivated specifically for harvest.

harvest

baler

Bundle-making farm machine

  • combineMerge, or harvesting machine
  • scytheManual crop-cutting implement
  • sickleCurved hand-held harvesting blade

reaping · threshing · sheaves · bundling · winnowing · silage · fodder · forage · mowing · tedding

meadow

grassland

Treeless herb-covered ecosystem

alfalfa · fescue · prairie · pasture · greenery · countryside · landscape · open · rolling · sunlit

pastoral

bucolic

Idyllically rural

tranquil · verdant · sylvan · picturesque · golden · summer · warmth · nostalgia · simplicity · peaceful

farming

cultivation

Fostering growth through care

  • cropCultivated agricultural plants
  • acreageAmount of land owned
  • landEarth's solid surface

soil · sowing · plowing · fertilizing · irrigation · rotation · fallow · pesticide · herbicide · tractor

Categories
Opposites
agricultural land use

hayfieldpasture

Grazing ground for livestock

grazing land · feedlot · orchard · fallow field · vineyard

landscape type

hayfieldforest

Tree-dense ecosystem

city · urban area · desert · swamp · jungle

Family

hayfields

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G