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-grad·ed, high-grad·ing.

1. to steal (rich ore) from a mine.

Other Words From

• high-grader noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of high-grade¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

A high grade is not the goal itself; it simply shows a level of command that makes possible a certain kind of activity in leisure.

From The Daily Beast

But no one in his camp was prepared for the high-grade vitriol his latest movie summoned.

From The Daily Beast

To give a colourable aspect to their hypothesis, the witnesses affirm that Lévi was a high-grade Mason.

From Project Gutenberg

A good formula is one part nitrate of soda, two parts of muriate of potash, two parts of high grade phosphoric acid.

From Project Gutenberg

It was his fortune to have a good wife, and to her, in great measure, was attributed the high grade of this old tavern.

From Project Gutenberg

They are agriculturists forming fixed and permanent settlements, practising farming of a high grade.

From Project Gutenberg

Any one who has not looked into the subject will be surprised to find how thorough and high grade the work is.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• state-of-the-art
• top-of-the-line