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high-grade

[ hahy-greyd ]

adjective

  1. of excellent or superior quality.
  2. (of ore) yielding a relatively large amount of the metal for which it is mined.


verb (used with object)

, high-grad·ed, high-grad·ing.
  1. to steal (rich ore) from a mine.

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Other Words From

  • high-grader noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of high-grade1

First recorded in 1875–80

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Example Sentences

A high grade is not the goal itself; it simply shows a level of command that makes possible a certain kind of activity in leisure.

But no one in his camp was prepared for the high-grade vitriol his latest movie summoned.

To give a colourable aspect to their hypothesis, the witnesses affirm that Lévi was a high-grade Mason.

A good formula is one part nitrate of soda, two parts of muriate of potash, two parts of high grade phosphoric acid.

It was his fortune to have a good wife, and to her, in great measure, was attributed the high grade of this old tavern.

They are agriculturists forming fixed and permanent settlements, practising farming of a high grade.

Any one who has not looked into the subject will be surprised to find how thorough and high grade the work is.

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