Usually means: Previously developed land, potential reuse.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word brownfield:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. brownfield: Merriam-Webster
  2. brownfield: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. brownfield: The Word Spy
  4. brownfield: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. brownfield: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Brownfield, brownfield: Wordnik
  7. brownfield: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Brownfield, brownfield: Wiktionary
  9. brownfield: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Brownfield: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. brownfield: Dictionary.com
  12. Brownfield (disambiguation), Brownfield (software development), Brownfield: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Brownfield: Rhymezone
  14. brownfield: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. brownfield: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brownfield: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Webopedia (No longer online)
  2. brownfield: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brownfield: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. brownfield: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing.
adjective:  (software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  A hamlet in the County of Paintearth, No. 18, Alberta, Canada.
noun:  A town in Oxford County, Maine, United States.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, United States.
noun:  A city, the county seat of Terry County, Texas, United States.

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