free-range

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [free reynj]
- /fri reɪndʒ/
- /friː reɪndʒ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [free reynj]
- /fri reɪndʒ/

Definitions of free-range word

adjective free-range (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. 1
adjective free-range of, relating to, or produced by free-range animals: free-range eggs. 1
adjective free-range 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 kids; free-range parents. 1
adjective free-range Free-range means relating to a system of keeping animals in which they can move and feed freely on an area of open ground. 0
adjective free-range kept or produced in natural nonintensive conditions 0
adjective free-range designating or produced by chickens that are allowed to range for food, as in a field, rather than being enclosed 0

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Origin of free-range

First appearance:

before 1910

One of the 15% newest English words

First recorded in 1910-15

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Parts of speech for Free-range

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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free-range popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.