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greenfield

greenfield

1 5.6
An area of land in or near a city that has not been built on before
  • noun
  • /ˈɡriːnˌfɪld/
translation icon : terreno virgen
  • While I'm sure there are plenty of suburban real estate developers salivating at the thought of people abandoning Sacramento's urban neighborhoods entirely and moving out to new greenfield suburbs, all that does is create more problems.

Examples

  • Our findings are limited to new homebuyers moving into urban fringe greenfield developments.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Notably, the RESIDE study involves people currently living in a broadly scattered pattern across the whole of the Perth metropolitan area, moving to new greenfield housing developments mostly located on the fringe of the Perth metropolitan area.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The city council is exploring options to create a new park on the greenfield located near the downtown area.

  • Developers are planning to construct a series of houses on an empty greenfield site at the outskirts of the city.

  • Many urban planners are concerned about the loss of valuable greenfield land to new commercial developments.

Synonyms

vacant lot
vsgreenfield
  • US
19 2.8

An empty piece of land in a town without buildings

was never built on and has not been previously developed

Antonyms

urban area
41 2.7

A place with many people and buildings like a city

How Built-up

city center
  • US
18 1.1
industrial park
  • US
11 3.8
suburb
286 2.7
greenfield
1 5.6
open field
15 1.2

Surface Forms

greenfield singular
greenfields plural

Etymology

Greenfield is made of green and field, meaning 'open land'. It refers to an area of land, often near a city, that has not been built on, so a greenfield is a piece of open land to be kept or developed.