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infield.

The area inside a racetrack or running track.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɪnfiːld/

  1. The area inside a racetrack or running track.

  2. A constrained scope or area.

    Let’s keep this problem in the infield.

  3. An area to cultivate: a field

  4. The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.

    They covered the infield with a tarp when it started to rain.

  5. (as a modifier, functioning as an adjective) Of an event, happening in the infield.

    Jones ran out an infield single.

  6. The region of the field roughly bounded by the wicket keeper, slips, gully, point, cover, mid off, mid on, midwicket and square leg.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English field English infield From in- + field.

verb/ɪnˈfiːld/

  1. To enclose (a piece of land); make a field of.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English field English infield From in- + field.

adv/ˈɪnfiːld/

  1. Toward or into the infield.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English field English infield From in- + field.

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