brownfield
/bɹˈaʊnfˌild/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing.
adj
Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
name
A surname.
name
A hamlet in the County of Paintearth, No. 18, Alberta, Canada.
name
A town in Oxford County, Maine, United States.
name
An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, United States.
name
A city, the county seat of Terry County, Texas, United States.
Example Sentences
- "My budget will improve our environment by accelerating the cleanup of toxic brownfields."
- "On such a densely-populated island, most infrastructure projects are on brownfield sites, rather than starting in pastures new."
- "The depot will occupy a 75-acre brownfield site."
- "a brownfield project"
- "Brownfield development is probably the most common situation for developers to be in, and in order for business to continue, an existing application infrastructure is necessary."