greenfield.

1. Describing an undeveloped site or a project built without the constraints of an existing system.

2. Relating to a new project begun without needing to adapt an existing implementation.

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Words that belong together

• a greenfield site
• a greenfield development

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The greenfield site offered room but no established transport links.

They rejected the greenfield development to preserve the fields between the villages.

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.