industrial

B1
Pronunciation
/ɪnˈdʌstɹɪəl/
Noun
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

(19th-mid 20th century) An employee in industry.

2 Definition

An enterprise producing tangible goods or providing certain services to industrial companies.

3 Definition

A bond or stock issued by such a company.

4 Definition

A film made for use within an industry, not for a movie-going audience.

5 Definition

Industrial music.

Example Sentences
  • I wish they'd play more industrial in this club.
6 Definition

An industrial piercing.

Adjective
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.

Example Sentences
  • The industrial segment of the economy has seen troubles lately.
2 Definition

Produced by such industry.

Example Sentences
  • Handicraft is less standardized then industrial products, hence less artistic or rather flawless.
3 Definition

Used by such industry.

4 Definition

Suitable for use in such industry; industrial-grade.

Example Sentences
  • This is an industrial product—it's much too strong for home use.
5 Definition

Massive in scale or quantity.

6 Definition

Employed as manpower by such industry.

7 Definition

(of a society or country) Having many industries; industrialized.

Example Sentences
  • Italy is a part-industrial, part-rural nation.
8 Definition

Belonging or pertaining to the genre of industrial music.

Example Sentences
  • a track with clashing industrial beats