Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpædiˌfild/, [ˈpæɾiˌfild]Category:English 3-syllable words#PADDYFIELDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#PADDYFIELD

Noun

paddy field (plural paddy fields)Category:English lemmas#PADDYFIELDCategory:English nouns#PADDYFIELDCategory:English countable nouns#PADDYFIELDCategory:English multiword terms#PADDYFIELDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PADDYFIELDCategory:Pages with entries#PADDY%20FIELDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#PADDY%20FIELD

1. (agricultureCategory:en:Agriculture#PADDYFIELD) A flooded field where rice is grown.
   • 1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325:

     On the journey southwards over the flat, fertile plains, paddy fields stretched away on each side of the line, and the landscape was broken only by wooden villages and stately pagodas.

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See also

• paddy
• rice paddy