primary industry
noun
an industry, as agriculture, forestry, or fishing, that deals in obtaining natural materials.
Origin of primary industry
1First recorded in 1945–50
Words Nearby primary industry
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How to use primary industry in a sentence
I was told that here as elsewhere there was an unsound tendency to turn sericulture from a secondary into a primary industry.
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