brownfield

See also: Brownfield

English

Etymology

brown +‎ field

Noun

brownfield (plural brownfields)

1. (often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing
   • 2001: State of the Union Address, George W. Bush

     My budget will improve our environment by accelerating the cleanup of toxic brownfields.

   • 2011, The Economist, Crossrail: The other side of the track

     On such a densely-populated island, most infrastructure projects are on brownfield sites, rather than starting in pastures new.

   • 2021 September 22, “Network News: Washwood Heath: three shortlisted”, in RAIL, number 940, page 17:

     The depot will occupy a 75-acre brownfield site.

Translations

previously industrial site for development

• French: zone de friche (fr) f, site pollué n
• Welsh: tir llwyd m

Adjective

brownfield (not comparable)

1. (software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.

   a brownfield project

See also

• greenfield

References

• “brownfield”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.