free-range
[ free-reynj ]
/ ˈfriˌreɪndʒ /
adjective
(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.
of, relating to, or produced by free-range animals: free-range eggs.
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.
Origin of free-range
First recorded in 1910–15
Words nearby free-range
free-form,
free-handed,
free-hearted,
free-living,
free-machining,
free-range,
free-range parenting,
free-running,
free-select,
free-soil,
free-soiler
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British Dictionary definitions for free-range
free-range
adjective
mainly British
kept or produced in natural nonintensive conditions
free-range hens; free-range eggs