high-grade
[ hahy-greyd ]
adjective
of excellent or superior quality.
(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.
to steal (rich ore) from a mine.
Origin of high-grade
1First recorded in 1875–80
Other words from high-grade
- high-grader, noun
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