industrial
adjective
of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry.
semi-industrial
-
a word derived from
industrial.
Example Sentences
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He’s been doing it since he was a kid, having grown up in a semi-industrial part of the suburbs of Melbourne on the verge of farmland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2025
In the case of semi-industrial fishing, they report that vessels fish within the three-nautical-mile zone and in marine protected areas reserved for artisanal fishing.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2024
Four square miles of estuary vanished under spoils from urban regrades, a Harbor Island ship-canal excavation, an attempted Beacon Hill canal and sawmill wastes, to be redeveloped as a semi-industrial seaport.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
The judges described it as "cheerfully idiosyncratic" and said it fitted in with the neighbouring semi-industrial hangar buildings.
From BBC ● May 30, 2019
This conversion of agricultural into semi-industrial nations proceeds rapidly.
From American World Policies by Walter E. Weyl
