Home › Words › B › bleachfieldbleachfield/ˈbliːtʃfɪəld/bleachfield means A field where cloth or clothing is laid out to be bleached by the sun or water.bleachfield is pronounced /ˈbliːtʃfɪəld/.EtymologyFrom bleach + field.nounA field where cloth or clothing is laid out to be bleached by the sun or water.e.g.“Or I imagined the bleachfields stretching westwards from Bedlam, saw the white lengths of linen spread out on the green grass and the diminutive figures of weavers and washerwomen […]” — 2001, WG Sebald, translated by Anthea Bell, Austerlitz, Penguin, published 2011, page 183:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bleachyard 80% match — A place for bleaching linen. vs bleachfield →bleachery 73% match — A place, building or an establishment where bleaching of textiles is done. vs bleachfield →bleacher 72% match — One who, or that which, bleaches. vs bleachfield →bleachhouse 72% match — A building where bleaching is done. vs bleachfield →bleachman 70% match — A man employed to bleach something. vs bleachfield →bleach 69% match — A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening. vs bleachfield →bleached 65% match — Whitened; made white using bleach vs bleachfield →bleachworks 63% match — A factory that manufactures bleach. vs bleachfield →