commercial-grade
- adjective
- /kəˈmɜrʃəl ɡreɪd/
- The contractor installed commercial-grade flooring in the office to withstand heavy foot traffic.
- commercial-grade kitchen
- commercial-grade appliances
- commercial-grade heavy
Examples
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Commercial-grade systems have been available for two decades.
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Get it from a restaurant or a grocer, somebody that has a commercial-grade fryer that can be done safely.
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Our first beneficiary, Mission High School, used the money to help build their first commercial-grade educational kitchen.
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The office was small and generic, consisting of two rooms with cheap walnut paneling on the walls and commercial-grade rust-colored carpet on the floor.
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The surfaces were then thoroughly cleaned with commercial-grade detergent and rinsed three times with boiling water to remove all detergent residues.
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Initially, the surfaces were disinfected for 5 minutes with a commercial-grade heavy-duty chlorinated sanitizer before being rinsed with boiling water.
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A 0.5-mL aliquot of a commercial-grade QAG or hypochlorite sanitizer was added to 9 mL of neutralizer.
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The cloths were soaked in 75°C water for 1 minute or a commercial-grade chemical sanitizer such as QAC or hypochlorite for 6 minutes.
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Many restaurants prefer using commercial-grade equipment to ensure durability during busy hours.
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For home projects, you can find commercial-grade tools that offer professional quality without the high cost.
Synonyms
Made for sale and often of average rather than high quality
A material that has small amounts of unwanted substances and is used in industry
How Industrial
Surface Forms
Morphology
commercial-grade = commercial + grade (transparent) = commercial + grade
A straightforward compound: 'commercial' + 'grade' yields an adjective meaning of a quality suitable for commercial use.
Etymology
The word commercial-grade combines commercial and grade. Commercial comes from commerce, meaning 'business or trade', and grade means 'level' or 'quality', so commercial-grade describes something made for business use at a practical level of quality.