brownfield.

Relating to land previously developed and now considered for redevelopment, sometimes with contamination or other legacy constraints.

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Words that belong together

• a brownfield site
• brownfield redevelopment

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Brownfield redevelopment preserved the old street pattern around the works.

The brownfield site needed investigation before anyone could promise clean soil.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Relational or privative adjective; comparative/superlative normally not applicable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.