green space

American  

[green spays] / ˈgrin ˌspeɪs /

noun

plural

green spaces

1. an area covered with grass or other plants, especially one in an urban environment that is set aside for community use.

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Example Sentences

In Watts, he hopes to develop the Cultural Crescent — a 10-acre green space connecting the historic Watts Station and Watts Towers — using a land trust.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Data centers also typically have massive footprints, taking up land that could be used for housing, businesses, recreation or green space.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

The initiative is part of Butterfly Conservation's nationwide Wild Spaces programme which encourages people to take action for butterflies and moths, no matter where they live or how much green space is accessible to them.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

Christine Wilkinson, research associate with the California Academy of Sciences, speculates the coyote may have come from a pack that lives in San Francisco’s Coit Tower area, which has very little green space.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

The fountain she spoke of rested in the center of the green space and was also frozen.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles