wheatfield

Golden harvest acreage

A wheatfield is a field planted with wheat—typically a broad expanse of grain that ripens to golden color before harvest.

The word evokes rural agricultural landscapes: Van Gogh painted wheatfields in Provence.

Also spelled as two words: wheat field.

harvest

threshing

Extracting grain from stalks

sickle · scythe · chaff · winnowing · yield · granary · bushel · kernel · straw · stubble

pastoral

rural

Of the countryside

bucolic · Arcadia · meadow · plowman · rustic · golden · swaying · breeze · horizon · prairie

agriculture

plow

Tool for turning soil

cultivation · acreage · farmland · tillage · combine · tractor · agronomy · soil · farmstead · rotation

color

golden

Bright yellow, or precious

  • amberHardened ancient tree secretion
  • strawTube for sipping
  • flaxenPale golden-yellow hue

tawny · buff · ochre · honey · blonde · tan · khaki · beige · harvest gold · sunlit

grain

rye

Hardy cereal crop

  • barleyGrain for malt
  • oatsCereal grain for porridge
  • cornCereal grown on cobs

sorghum · millet · spelt · durum · semolina · cereal · flour · bread · kernel · staple

Opposites
land use/cultivation

wheatfieldwilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

wasteland · meadow · desert · scrubland · fallow field

landscape type

wheatfieldconcrete jungle

Dense cityscape, few parks

ocean · cityscape · city block · forest · urban sprawl

Family

wheatfields

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