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high-grade

American  
[hahy-greyd] / ˈhaɪˈgreɪd /

adjective

  1. of excellent or superior quality.

  2. (of ore) yielding a relatively large amount of the metal for which it is mined.

verb (used with object)

high-graded, high-grading

  1. to steal (rich ore) from a mine.

Other Word Forms

  • high-grader noun

Etymology

Origin of high-grade

First recorded in 1875–80

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