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free-range
[ free-reynj ]
adjective
- (of livestock and domestic poultry) permitted to graze or forage for grain, etc., rather than being confined to a feedlot or a small enclosure:
a free-range pig.
- of, relating to, or produced by free-range animals:
free-range eggs.
- Informal. noting or relating to a style of child rearing in which parents allow their children to move about without constant adult supervision: free-range parents.
free-range kids;
free-range parents.
free-range
adjective
- kept or produced in natural nonintensive conditions
free-range hens
free-range eggs
Word History and Origins
Origin of free-range1
Example Sentences
Truth Social is a perpetually live and open forum of free-range, unsupervised Trump proclamations.
Every Olympics is a celebrity playground, but summer in Paris has been a rich environment for free-range sighting of the famous.
Whole-animal dinners, which must be ordered in advance and serve a crowd, include options like alligator, antelope, goat, wild boar and free-range American pigs.
I erred on the side of caution and avoid the free-range kids problem.
Also popular are the Peking duck, baked free-range chicken with rock salt, diced beef tenderloin with black pepper and the pan-fried eggplant.
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