Field
Field noun - A small area of usually open land.
Lay
Lay noun - The activity by which one regularly makes a living.
Usage example: my main lay is as a general contractor, but I do side work as a carpenter
Common collocations
| hundreds | field hundreds | lay hundreds |
Both words in one sentence
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Grundback Blasters are small Rhulic warjacks that are designed to bound across the field and lay into troop waves with what are essentially huge Gatling Scatterguns.
Source: Tabletop Game / Iron Kingdoms - A newbie character goes out in the field and merrily slaughters giant pink blobs, caterpillars and bunnies - but death awaits him, dare he lay a hand on a butterfly or a rare big blue bunny.
Source: Killer Rabbit / Video Games -
Radiologists entered the field expecting to lay down their lives to heal the sick and the injured.
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Lay and Field. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/field/lay
Field & Lay. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/field/lay>.
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