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.

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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

Example Sentences

As a part of our sustainable timber operation, we operate a wood-chipping facility that turns low-value and postfire material into high-grade wood chips, which we sell in domestic and international markets.

From The Wall Street Journal

And when it comes to corporate borrowing, those include the mainstream, high-grade bond market.

From The Wall Street Journal

At its site, called Treasure Creek, near Fairbanks, Australian company Felix Gold has found high-grade surface deposits of antimony that gleam in the sunlight.

From The Wall Street Journal

A defensive rotation into Treasury bonds, gold, high-grade corporate bonds and solid dividend-paying stocks would be likely.

From MarketWatch

A Gleason score of nine meant his illness was classified as "high-grade" and the cancer cells could spread quickly, according to Cancer Research UK.

From BBC

Related Words

• state-of-the-art
• top-of-the-line