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  brownfield

  noun

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

  noun

  a city in NW Texas.

brownfield

¹ American  

[braun-feeld] / ˈbraʊnˌfild /

noun

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

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Brownfield ² American  

[braun-feeld] / ˈbraʊnˌfild /

noun

1. a city in NW Texas.

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brownfield British  

/ ˈbraʊnˌfiːld /

noun

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

   Hampshire has many brownfield developments

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brownfield Scientific  

/ broun′fēld′ /

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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Etymology

Origin of brownfield

1975–80; brown + field

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Example Sentences

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brownfield Brownfield

Having a development corporation in a central London semi-residential location would be unprecedented, with the method only previously being used to convert brownfield industrial areas at the Olympic Park and Old Oak Common.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

This approach could give the nation’s more than 450,000 brownfield sites a second life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Under the proposals, affordable housing requirements would be removed for brownfield developments outside major cities.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

He said the party would consult on measures including scrapping stamp duty, capital gains tax and tax on rental income for a decade for homes built on brownfield sites.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Sustained prices could improve upstream project economics, encourage higher development spending, while greater cash-flow visibility may prompt operators to resume deferred brownfield and asset-integrity work, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

As for the prospects of enticing producers to ramp up output to where it was a quarter-century ago, Brownfield said, “I just don’t see it, unless the U.S. basically bankrolls them.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

"This research brings us closer to being able to boost the lung's natural repair mechanisms, offering hope for preventing or reversing conditions where currently we can only slow progression," says Dr. Brownfield.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2025

Grace Brownfield from the Money Advice Trust charity told the BBC losing benefits income made a "massive difference" to those affected.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2023

The search for Athena Brownfield, missing since last week, is now considered a “recovery operation,” the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said in a news release.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2023

On the bus ride home he hardly said a word to anyone, the gray shadows of Brownfield and Seagraves and Seminole and Andrews falling across his face like a fine mist.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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