Meaning & use

industrial

adjective·Academic

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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