high-grade: Meaning and Definition of

high-grade

Pronunciation: (hī'grād'), [key]
— adj., v., -grad•ed, -grad•ing.
—adj.
  1. of excellent or superior quality.
  2. (of ore) yielding a relatively large amount of the metal for which it is mined.
—v.t.
  1. to steal (rich ore) from a mine.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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