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free-range

free-range

8 3.0
Farm animals that can roam outdoors and find food instead of being kept inside
  • adjective
  • /ˈfriː reɪndʒ/
translation icon : de pastoreo libre
  • When shopping for dinner, I prefer to buy free-range chicken that has more space to roam outside.
  • free-range chicken
  • free-range eggs
  • free-range poultry

He thought that free range eggs are fine, even though nothing else is fine.

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Examples

  • I made the switch from "factory" eggs to free-range eggs about a year ago and couldn't be happier.

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  • Last year, I bought a free-range turkey from William-Sonoma, and it was the best turkey we have ever eaten.

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  • I grew up on the family farm, and our chickens were free range.

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  • I'm also using free range organic brown eggs because I think those are the best.

  • How about some organic, free-range, fresh meat?

  • You will never taste any chicken as delicious as a really fresh, free-range bird.

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  • My parents also raise free-range chickens and have about 60.

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  • I have a flock of 50 that free-range over my 5 acres.

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  • Our farmer's market is also "good" in that we get lots of grass-fed beef, free-range chicken products, and local cheeses.

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  • I switched to grass-fed beef and organic, free-range chicken to avoid growth hormones, pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics, and GMOs.

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Antonyms

40 1.0

To put a person or animal into a space with bars that keeps them from escaping

3.7

Kept in one small space and unable to leave

How Free

wild
142 2.8
free-range
8 3.0
pastureland
2 3.7
barn
363 1.0
confined
3.7
to cage
40 1.0

Surface Forms

free-range positive

Morphology

free-range = free + range (transparent) = free + range

The compound is a straightforward combination of 'free' and 'range' describing animals allowed to roam.

Etymology

Free-range comes from two simple words: free meaning 'not kept in a small place' and range meaning 'an area to move or roam'. So free-range describes animals that can walk around and find food instead of being kept in cages or small pens.