primary industry


noun
  1. an industry, as agriculture, forestry, or fishing, that deals in obtaining natural materials.

Origin of primary industry

1
First 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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