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high-grade

[ hahy-greyd ]

/ ˈhaɪˈgreɪd /

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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.

Words nearby high-grade

high-five, high-flown, high-flyer, high-flying, high-fructose corn syrup, high-grade, high-handed, high-hat, high-hat cymbals, high-impact, high-income

Origin of high-grade

First recorded in 1875–80

OTHER WORDS FROM high-grade

high-grad·er, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Examples from the Web for high-grade

But no one in his camp was prepared for the high-grade vitriol his latest movie summoned.
Tom Cruise's Failed Comeback|Gina Piccalo|June 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST
First of all, grade for ripeness, size and quality; this is to insure a high-grade product.
Every Step in Canning|Grace Viall Gray
A high-grade man does—not what he wants to do but what he thinks he ought to do.
Outwitting Our Nerves|Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury
To give a colourable aspect to their hypothesis, the witnesses affirm that Lévi was a high-grade Mason.
Devil-Worship in France|Arthur Edward Waite

The real problem is: Has he had experience with this high-grade type?
The Criminal Imbecile|Henry Herbert Goddard
It is extensively cut into lumber for interior and exterior trim, vehicle bodies, veneers, turnery and other high-grade uses.
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