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单词 brownfield
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brownfield

[ broun-feeld ]
/ ˈbraʊnˌfild /

noun

an industrial or commercial site that is idle or underused because of real or perceived environmental pollution.

Origin of brownfield

1975–80; brown + field

Words nearby brownfield

brown earth, browned-off, brown-eyed Susan, brownface, brown fat, brownfield, brown goods, brown hackle, brown heart, brown hyena, Brownian motion

Definition for brownfield (2 of 2)

Brownfield
[ broun-feeld ]
/ ˈbraʊnˌfild /

noun

a city in NW Texas.
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for brownfield

  • Fine intervale lands abound in this vicinity, and also in Brownfield.

    Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure.|John S. Springer
  • He is still living and in robust health, at Brownfield station, four miles south of Uniontown.

    The Old Pike|Thomas B. Searight

British Dictionary definitions for brownfield

brownfield
/ (ˈbraʊnˌfiːld) /

noun

(modifier) denoting or located in an urban area that has previously been built onHampshire has many brownfield developments
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for brownfield

brownfield
[ brounfēld′ ]

A piece of industrial or commercial property that is abandoned or underused and often environmentally contaminated, especially one considered as a potential site for redevelopment. Compare greenfield.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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