industrial

[ in-duhs-tree-uh l ]
/ ɪnˈdʌs tri əl /

adjective

noun

Origin of industrial

First recorded in 1580–90; industry + -al1

OTHER WORDS FROM industrial

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH industrial

industrial industrious

Words nearby industrial

indus valley civilization, indus., indusiate, indusium, indusium griseum, industrial, industrial action, industrial archaeology, industrial arts, industrial democracy, industrial design

Example sentences from the Web for preindustrial

  • In the preindustrial Bulgaria of the 1930s, the artisans and peasants together formed the backbone of the economy.

    Area Handbook for Bulgaria |Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole

British Dictionary definitions for preindustrial (1 of 2)

preindustrial
/ (ˌpriːɪnˈdʌstrɪəl) /

adjective

of or relating to a society, age, etc, before industrialization

British Dictionary definitions for preindustrial (2 of 2)

industrial
/ (ɪnˈdʌstrɪəl) /

adjective

of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of industry
employed in industry the industrial workforce
relating to or concerned with workers in industry industrial conditions
used in industry industrial chemicals

Derived forms of industrial

industrially, adverb