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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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of free-range1

First recorded in 1910–15
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The game’s blocky bizarro aesthetic has given it global recognition; its free-range exploration on a terrain the size of Neptune has earned it over $3 billion.

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“I’ve always made the joke that we were feral, free-range kids,” she says.

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"It was clear to participants that their chickens were 'definitely free-range,' avoiding the confusion and controversy associated with Australian free-range egg standards."

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