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Greenfield
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Green·field  (grnfld)
A city of southeast Wisconsin, a residential suburb of Milwaukee. Population: 35,400.
green·field  (grnfld)
n.
A piece of usually semirural property that is undeveloped except for agricultural use, especially one considered as a site for expanding urban development.
greenfield [ˈgriːnˌfiːld]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Environmental Science) (modifier) denoting or located in a rural area which has not previously been built on new factories were erected on greenfield sites
greenfield  (grnfld)
A piece of usually semirural property that is undeveloped except for agricultural use, especially one considered as a site for expanding urban development. Compare brownfield.
Translations
greenfield [ˈgriːnˌfiːld] N (also greenfield site) → solar m or terreno m sin edificar
greenfield [ˈgriːnfiːld] modif
greenfield site → zone f d'espace vert
green fingers npl (British) to have green fingers (= be good with plants) → avoir la main verte
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Sandra Camwell has collected a huge number of signatures on a petition opposing Coventry City Council's proposals to build over 4,290 houses on greenfield land.
We don't need more concrete; Letters letters@coventrytelegraph.net by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
The council's North area planning committee refused on the advice of officers who said the greenfield land is not included in their plan of sites suitable for new homes in Alnwick, with previously developed ones judged more appropriate.
Controversial housing plan to be revived by Duke by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
They are opposed to plans to build a 1,500student academy caused by the merger of two secondary schools in Consett on greenfield land at Belle Vue.
Group fights academy bid by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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