free-range
Americanadjective
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(of livestock and domestic poultry) permitted to graze or forage for grain, etc., rather than being confined to a feedlot or a small enclosure.
a free-range pig.
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of, relating to, or produced by free-range animals.
free-range eggs.
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Informal. noting or relating to a style of child rearing in which parents allow their children to move about without constant adult supervision: free-range parents.
free-range kids;
free-range parents.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of free-range
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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Participants spend months learning how to plant orchards, raise free-range livestock and tap syrup from the thickets of maple and sycamore trees.
Torres and many other ranchers in California live where two very lofty and environmentally satisfying ideas collide: all natural, free-range ranching and the government-assisted return of a predator our ancestors hunted to near extinction.
From Los Angeles Times
The game’s blocky bizarro aesthetic has given it global recognition; its free-range exploration on a terrain the size of Neptune has earned it over $3 billion.
From Los Angeles Times
“I’ve always made the joke that we were feral, free-range kids,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times
"It was clear to participants that their chickens were 'definitely free-range,' avoiding the confusion and controversy associated with Australian free-range egg standards."
From Science Daily
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