brownfield

About 0.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing.
2. adjective Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.

   a brownfield project

Similar words

redevelopment landfill building site broken field waste paddyfield dumping ground clearage ploughland cropfield

Often followed by

sites redevelopment site and land development was is regeneration

Word family

brownfields