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grey belt

grey belt noun: land designated as part of the green belt (which protects against development), despite being of low environmental, aesthetic and recreational value.

Noun

grey belt (uncountable)

  1. (UK, attributive) Land designated as part of the green belt (which protects against development), despite being of low environmental, aesthetic and recreational value.

Origin of grey belt

By analogy with green belt, in reference to such land generally being greyfield or brownfield land (as opposed to countryside).

Questions about grey belt

What does grey belt mean?
Grey belt means land designated as part of the green belt (which protects against development), despite being of low environmental, aesthetic and recreational value.
What part of speech is grey belt?
Grey belt is a noun.

Words near grey belt in the dictionary

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  2. grey area
  3. grey areas
  4. grey asexual
  5. grey baby syndrome
  6. grey belt
  7. grey box
  8. grey bushchat
  9. grey cardinal
  10. grey cardinals
  11. grey cells

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