 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
industrial
adjective
1: of or relating to or resulting from industry; "industrial
output"
2: having highly developed industries; "the industrial
revolution"; "an industrial nation" [ant: {nonindustrial}]
3: employed in industry; "industrial workers"; "the industrial
term in use among professional thieves"
4: employed in industry; "the industrial classes"; "industrial
work"
5: suitable to stand up to hard wear; "industrial carpeting"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Industrial \In*dus"tri*al\, adjective [Cf. F. industriel, LL.
industrialis. See {Industry}.]
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
blue-collar \blue-collar\ adjective
1. of or designating work or workers in industry not
requiring well-groomed appearance. [Narrower terms:
{industrial}] {white-collar}
[WordNet 1.5]
2. of those who work for wages especially manual or
industrial laborers. [Narrower terms: {lower-class,
low-class}]
Syn: propertyless, wage-earning, working-class.
[WordNet 1.5]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "industrial":
business, commercial, creational, executional, fabricational,
formational, functional, manufacturing, mercantile, merchant,
official, pro, productional, professional, retail, technical,
trade, trading, vocational, wholesale
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