brownfield

See also: Brownfield

English

Etymology

brown +‎ field

Noun

brownfield (plural brownfields)

(often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing.
- 2001, George W. Bush, State of the Union Address:
  My budget will improve our environment by accelerating the cleanup of toxic brownfields.
- 2011 December 2, “Crossrail: The other side of the track”, in The Economist‎:
  On such a densely-populated island, most infrastructure projects are on brownfield sites, rather than starting in pastures new.
- 2021 September 22, “Network News: Washwood Heath: three shortlisted”, in RAIL, number 940, page 17:
  The depot will occupy a 75-acre brownfield site.

Translations

previously industrial site for development

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French: zone de friche (fr) f, site pollué n
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Welsh: tir llwyd m

Adjective

brownfield (not comparable)

(software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
a brownfield project
- 2014, Ola Ellnestam, Daniel Brolund, The Mikado method, Shelter Island, NY: Manning, →ISBN:
  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.

See also

greenfield

References

“brownfield”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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