industrial
(adjective) suitable to stand up to hard wear; “industrial carpeting”
industrial
(adjective) having highly developed industries; “the industrial revolution”; “an industrial nation”
industrial
(adjective) employed in industry; “the industrial classes”; “industrial work”
industrial
(adjective) of or relating to or resulting from industry; “industrial output”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
industrial (comparative more industrial, superlative most industrial)
Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.
Produced by such industry.
Used by such industry.
Suitable for use in such industry; industrial-grade.
Massive in scale or quantity.
Employed as manpower by such industry.
(of a society or country) Having many industries; industrialized.
(music) Belonging or pertaining to the genre of industrial music.
• nonindustrial
• unindustrial
industrial (countable and uncountable, plural industrials)
(dated, 19th-mid 20th century) An employee in industry.
(business) An enterprise producing tangible goods or providing certain services to industrial companies.
(finance) A bond or stock issued by such a company.
(film) A film made for use within an industry, not for a movie-going audience.
(informal, uncountable) Industrial music.
(informal) An industrial piercing.
• diurnalist
Source: Wiktionary
In*dus"tri*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. industriel, LL. industrialis. See Industry.]
Definition: Consisting in industry; pertaining to industry, or the arts and products of industry; concerning those employed in labor, especially in manual labor, and their wages, duties, and rights. The great ideas of industrial development and economic social amelioration. M. Arnold.
Industrial exhibition, a public exhibition of the various industrial products of a country, or of various countries.
– Industrial school, a school for teaching one or more branches of industry; also, a school for educating neglected children, and training them to habits of industry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 June 2025
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
