Definition of Football field

1. Noun. The playing field on which football is played.

Exact synonyms: Gridiron
Group relationships: Football Stadium
Generic synonyms: Athletic Field, Field, Playing Area, Playing Field

Definition of Football field

1. Noun. (American football) A playing field on which the game of football is played. Also used as an informal measurement of size; see illustration. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Football Field

foot sweep
foot sweeps
foot traffic
foot trap
foot traps
foot ulcer
foot up
foot yaws
footage
footages
footbag
footbags
football
football calf
football coach
football field
football fields
football game
football helmet
football hero
football league
football minute
football minutes
football official
football play
football player
football players
football pool
football pools

Literary usage of Football field

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. City Planning: A Series of Papers Presenting the Essential Elements of a by John Nolen (1916)
"It also may be played on a regular football field. ... The natural place for a running track is around the football field, which will allow a standard ..."

2. Football: The Rugby Union Game by Francis Marshall (1892)
"His bald heart was a familiar object in the football field, and the writer can remember overhearing a spectator remark: " How well that old gentleman does ..."

3. Athletes All: Training, Organization, and Play by Walter Camp (1919)
"The game can be played on a regulation football-field marked out and with or ... 300 feet—same as the regulation football-field without the end zones. ..."

4. The Craven and North-west Yorkshire Highlands by Harry Speight (1892)
"... registers—Interesting Terrier—Old Free School—football field. circumambulations have brought us back once more to Settle, whence our survey began. ..."

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