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high-grade
[hahy-greyd]
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)
to steal (rich ore) from a mine.
Other Word Forms
- high-grader noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of high-grade1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
This means his illness is classified as "high-grade" and that the cancer cells could spread quickly, according to Cancer Research UK.
"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.
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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