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greyfield

greyfield noun: an area of commercial or industrial development which has become underused or abandoned.

Noun

greyfield (countable and uncountable, plural greyfields)

  1. (urban studies) An area of commercial or industrial development which has become underused or abandoned.
    • A new kind of urban regeneration is needed at the scale of precincts, rather than lot by lot, to transform the greyfields into more liveable and sustainable suburbs.2022 July 28, Peter Newman, Giles Thomson, Peter Newton, Stephen Glackin, “Greening the greyfields: how to renew our suburbs for more liveable, net-zero cities”, in The Conversation, archived from...

Forms of greyfield

pluralgreyfields
alternative formgrayfield

Origin of greyfield

Compound of grey + field, referencing the colour of concrete.

Questions about greyfield

What does greyfield mean?
Greyfield means an area of commercial or industrial development which has become underused or abandoned.
What part of speech is greyfield?
Greyfield is a noun.
What is the plural of greyfield?
The plural of greyfield is greyfields.

Words near greyfield in the dictionary

  1. greyens
  2. greyer
  3. greyers
  4. greyest
  5. greyey
  6. greyfield
  7. greyfields
  8. greyfriar
  9. greyfriars
  10. Greygler
  11. Greyglers

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