greyfield

English

Alternative forms

  • grayfield

Etymology

Compound of grey + field, referencing the colour of concrete.

Noun

greyfield (countable and uncountable, plural greyfields)

  1. (urban studies) An area of commercial or industrial development which has become underused or abandoned.
    • 2022 July 28, Peter Newman, Giles Thomson, Peter Newton, Stephen Glackin, “Greening the greyfields: how to renew our suburbs for more liveable, net-zero cities”, in The Conversation, archived from the original on 2023-06-28:
      A new kind of urban regeneration is needed at the scale of precincts, rather than lot by lot, to transform the greyfields into more liveable and sustainable suburbs.

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