greenbelt
noun
green·belt
ˈgrēn-ˌbelt 
: a belt of parkways, parks, or farmlands that encircles a community
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The house is in a community with barbecue grills, a fire pit, a greenbelt, a playground and a pool.
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Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2024
Arterial roads connected the neighborhoods to business parks and greenbelts.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
Planners hope to eventually extend the greenbelt toward Lafayette Park, less than half a mile west.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
For example, several months before the student roundtables took place, environmental groups and anti-Putin activists launched peaceful demonstrations against the government’s plan to build a highway through a beloved forest in Khimki that forms part of the greenbelt around Moscow.
—Sarah E. Mendelson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2014
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Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2024
Arterial roads connected the neighborhoods to business parks and greenbelts.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
Planners hope to eventually extend the greenbelt toward Lafayette Park, less than half a mile west.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
For example, several months before the student roundtables took place, environmental groups and anti-Putin activists launched peaceful demonstrations against the government’s plan to build a highway through a beloved forest in Khimki that forms part of the greenbelt around Moscow.
—Sarah E. Mendelson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2014
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greenbelt
noun
green·belt
ˈgrēn-ˌbelt
: a belt of landscaped roads, parks, or farmlands that encircles a community
Geographical Definition
Greenbelt
geographical name
Green·belt
ˈgrēn-ˌbelt
garden city in central Maryland built to provide low-cost housing in the late 1930s population 23,068
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