greenfield

[ green-feeld ]

/ ˈgrinˌfild /

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noun

an undeveloped or agricultural tract of land that is a potential site for industrial or urban development.

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Origin of greenfield

First recorded in 1940–45 as an adjective; current sense dates from 2000–05; green + field

Words nearby greenfield

green earth, greenery, Greeneville, green-eyed, green-eyed monster, greenfield, Greenfield Park, Greenfield's disease, greenfinch, green fingers, greenfish

Other definitions for greenfield (2 of 2)

Greenfield

[ green-feeld ]

/ ˈgrinˌfild /

noun

a city in SE Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.

a city in NW Massachusetts.

a town in central Indiana.

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How to use greenfield in a sentence

As the sun started to descend, I climbed up Poet’s Seat Tower in Greenfield, the byway’s eastern terminus.
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She then complained to the moderator that Greenfield had not been posed the same question.
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Polls show the race basically tied or Greenfield with a slight lead.
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So VinFast started from a greenfield, and that of course is a big challenge, it makes it very difficult.
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At age 15, Martin Greenfield was sent to Auschwitz by the Nazis and separated from his family forever.
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“This is what you call perseverance, ladies and gentlemen,” Greenfield said.
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Darci Brown, owner of a car dealership in Greenfield, Mass., has bred dogs as a hobby for 30 years.
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Filmmaker Lauren Greenfield examines the negative connotation of the phrase and turns it into an affirmation.
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Rebecca Greenfield at the Atlantic Wire called it the “picture perfect symbol for gay marriage.”
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Indian battle at Turner's falls, on Connecticut river above Greenfield.
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"We have a grandfather in Greenfield," spoke up the youngest child before his sister could clap her hand over his mouth.
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There was a saloon-keeper brought from Greenfield to H—— to be tried under the Adair law.
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Yet though Frawley felt certain of Greenfield's objective, he did not at once strike for the Argentine.
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A waiter sidled up and took the order that Greenfield gave without hesitation.
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British Dictionary definitions for greenfield

greenfield

/ (ˈɡriːnˌfiːld) /

noun

(modifier) denoting or located in a rural area which has not previously been built onnew factories were erected on greenfield sites

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

Scientific definitions for greenfield

greenfield

[ grēn′fēld ]

A piece of usually semirural property that is undeveloped except for agricultural use, especially one considered as a site for expanding urban development. Compare brownfield.