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greyfields

greyfields is the plural of greyfield.

Meaning of greyfield

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...

Questions about greyfields

What is greyfields the plural of?
Greyfields is the plural of greyfield.

Words near greyfields in the dictionary

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

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