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FIELD GUIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does field guide mean? 

FIELD GUIDE (noun)
  The noun FIELD GUIDE has 1 sense:

1. a guidebook describing natural objects of some type that might be encountered in the fieldplay

  Familiarity information: FIELD GUIDE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FIELD GUIDE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A guidebook describing natural objects of some type that might be encountered in the field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

a field guide to mushrooms

Hypernyms ("field guide" is a kind of...):

guide; guidebook (something that offers basic information or instruction)


 Context examples 


Distinguishing toxic from nontoxic mushroom species is based on first correctly identifying the mushroom and then referencing a mushroom field guide to determine if it is known to contain toxins or not.

(New Test Identifies Poisonous Mushrooms, Agricultural Research Service)



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