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high-grade

[hahy-greyd]

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.

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Other Word Forms

  • high-grader noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of high-grade1

First recorded in 1875–80
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Chhattisgarh, for instance, is India's sole producer of tin concentrates and moulding sand, and a leading source of coal, dolomite, bauxite and high-grade iron ore, according to the ministry of mines.

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

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This means his illness is classified as "high-grade" and that the cancer cells could spread quickly, according to Cancer Research UK.

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"Whether it's possible to have integrated scenarios that maintain a high-grade fusion plasma with these specific flows of excess fuel and ash from the plasma needs to be determined," Schwartz said.

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By the mid '80s he was believed to be the most prolific high-grade hashish smuggler in the business, importing thousands of tonnes of cannabis into the UK and US.

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