open fields
Vast treeless expanses
Open fields are expanses of land without trees, buildings, or other obstructions—typically grassland or cultivated farmland.
The phrase suggests visibility and freedom of movement: The children ran through the open fields.
In military contexts, open fields offer no cover.
Figuratively, an open field is an area without established competition: The market was an open field for new entrants.
- arable landGround suitable for cultivation
- enclosure movementPrivatization of communal farmland
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
- rolling hillsGently rising, falling landscape
- amber wavesWindblown golden grain fields
meadow · common land · savanna · biodiversity · selion · village commons · habitat · grassland · communal farming · ecosystem · crop rotation · serfdom · larks · feudalism · songbird · hayfields · pastoral landscape · flora
- meadows and pasturesgrassland, grazing land, hayfield, hayfields, grass
- farming historypeasant farming, crop rotation, enclosures, manorialism, threshing machine
- medieval farmingfarms, farming, crops, fallow land, plough
- enclosureenclosure acts, common land, commons, fences, hedgerows
- green spacescity parks, park, greenbelts, green belt, green belts
- landscapes in artseascape, cityscape, riverscape, cloudscape, skyscape
open fieldsforest
Tree-dense ecosystem
woodland · dense forest · jungle · rainforest · old-growth forest
open fieldsenclosed spaces
Areas with boundaries
confined spaces · walled gardens · courtyards · tunnels · corridors
open fieldsurban sprawl
Uncontrolled peripheral development
city blocks · industrial zones · downtown · concrete jungle · housing developments