battlefield n : a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields" [syn: battleground, field of battle, field of honor, field]

English

Etymology

battle + field

Noun

1. The field where a land battle is or was fought.

   1886 The night of the 16th of May found McPherson's command bivouacked from two to six miles west of the battlefield, along the line of the road to Vicksburg — Ulysses S. Grant, Personal memoirs of U.S. Grant, Chapter 35.

Translations

A battlefield is the location of a battle. Battlefield may also refer to:

In education:

• Battlefield High School, a public school in Haymarket, Virginia

In music:

• "Battlefield", a song by Diana Ross from her 1991 album The Force Behind the Power
• Battlefield Band, a Scottish traditional music group
• "Battlefield", a song in A Night at the Opera, an album by Blind Guardian

In places:

• Battlefield, Glasgow, in Scotland
• Battlefield, Shropshire, in England

In television:

• Battlefield (Doctor Who) A 1989 Doctor Who Serial.
• Battlefield (documentary series), a miniseries which explores battles of World War II
• Battlefield Vietnam (documentary series), a miniseries which gives details of the Vietnam War

In video games:

• Battlefield (series), video games developed by Digital Illusions CE and published by Electronic Arts
• Battlefield Evolution, a wargame produced by Mongoose.

DMZ, aceldama, battle line, battle site, battleground, combat area, combat zone, enemy line, field, field of battle, field of blood, firing line, front line, killing ground, landing beach, line, line of battle, seat of war, shambles, the front, theater, theater of operations, theater of war, zone of communications