brownfield
an abandoned, contaminated industrial site
TRANSLATION
brownfield = Industrieruine
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"The emphasis of the federal program may need to be changed to allow the cleanup of hundreds of thousands of BROWNFIELD sites."
(Editorial, "Needed: Superfund Cleanup," Omaha World-Herald, November 26, 1999)"
(Editorial, "Needed: Superfund Cleanup," Omaha World-Herald, November 26, 1999)"
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brownfield
- A piece of industrial or commercial property that is abandoned or underused and often environmentally contaminated, especially one considered as a potential site for redevelopment.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Note these brown phrases:
be in a brown study = in Gedanken verloren sein
to brown-nose s.o. = sich bei jmdm. einschleimen
- A piece of industrial or commercial property that is abandoned or underused and often environmentally contaminated, especially one considered as a potential site for redevelopment.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Note these brown phrases:
be in a brown study = in Gedanken verloren sein
to brown-nose s.o. = sich bei jmdm. einschleimen
