BATTLEGROUND


Meaning of BATTLEGROUND in English

bat ‧ tle ‧ field /ˈbætlfiːld/ BrE AmE ( also bat‧tle‧ground /bætlɡraʊnd/) noun [countable]

1 . a place where a battle is being fought or has been fought

2 . a subject that people disagree or argue a lot about:

Education has become a political battleground.

3 . a place where an argument or disagreement happens, or where people are competing against each other:

a battleground state during the election

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.