free-range

[ free-reynj ]

adjective

1. (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.

2. of, relating to, or produced by free-range animals:

   free-range eggs.

3. 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

1. kept or produced in natural nonintensive conditions

   free-range hens

   free-range eggs

Word History and Origins

Origin of free-range¹

First recorded in 1910–15