Meaning & use
industrial
Relating to or characteristic of industry, especially large-scale manufacturing and production.
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The city's industrial district is full of warehouses and factories along the river.
They bought an industrial mixer capable of handling enormous batches of dough.
A note on using this word
Industrial can also describe something built with heavy-duty, factory-like materials, as in 'industrial design'.
Words with a similar meaning
manufacturingcommercial
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Words with an opposite meaning
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