abandoned or disused industrial land, often contaminated to some degree, 1992, American English, from brown (adj.) + field (n.).
brow
browbeat
brown
Brown Shirt
brown-bag
brownfield
Brownian movement
brownie
Browning
brownish
brown-nose
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