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brownfield

1

[ broun-feeld ]

noun

  1. an industrial or commercial site that is idle or underused because of real or perceived environmental pollution.


Brownfield

2

[ broun-feeld ]

noun

  1. a city in NW Texas.

brownfield

/ ˈʊˌھː /

noun

  1. modifier denoting or located in an urban area that has previously been built on

    Hampshire has many brownfield developments

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

brownfield

/ brounŧ′ /

  1. A piece of industrial or commercial property that is abandoned or underused and often environmentally contaminated, especially one considered as a potential site for redevelopment.
  2. Compare greenfield
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of brownfield1

1975–80; brown + field
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Example Sentences

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Under the government's new planning framework previously developed land - known as "brownfield" sites - will be prioritised for new homes.

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Ebbsfleet Garden City has been under development since 2015 and is being built across 2,500 acres of brownfield land in the Thames Estuary.

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Responding to such fears, Pennycook told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he was "somewhat mystified" by this interpretation, saying CPOs would be used "far more often" for regenerating brownfield - or previously developed - land.

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Plans have now been announced for more than 950 homes, a new community centre, shops, offices, gardens and play areas, on what is one of London's largest brownfield sites.

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It added that there were "no suitable brownfield sites in east Suffolk" for the substations.

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