greenfield

¹

[ green-feeld ]

noun

1. an undeveloped or agricultural tract of land that is a potential site for industrial or urban development.

Greenfield

²

[ green-feeld ]

noun

1. a city in SE Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.
2. a city in NW Massachusetts.
3. a town in central Indiana.

greenfield

/ ˈɡriːnˌfiːld /

noun

1. modifier denoting or located in a rural area which has not previously been built on

   new factories were erected on greenfield sites

greenfield

/ grēn′fēld /

1. A piece of usually semirural property that is undeveloped except for agricultural use, especially one considered as a site for expanding urban development.
2. Compare brownfield

Word History and Origins

Origin of greenfield¹

First recorded in 1940–45 as an adjective; current sense dates from 2000–05; green ( def ) + field ( def )

Example Sentences

Media analyst Rich Greenfield of LightShed Ventures was even more blunt, noting the extreme complexity of such a potential deal.

From Los Angeles Times

But it’s one thing to read about, or even legislate against, the negative effects of teen social media use; it’s another to see it occur on the actual screens to which Greenfield was granted access or to watch these still very young people fold into themselves as it happens.

From Los Angeles Times

As schools reopened after the COVID-19 closures, filmmaker Lauren Greenfield set out to explore the impact of social media on the first generation of “digital natives.”

From Los Angeles Times

By filming teenagers in the wild, Greenfield at least attempts to discover why that is.

From Los Angeles Times

The tour’s first stop was in Pennsylvania, where Cohen and Greenfield were in attendance to hand out their ice cream.

From Salon