Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

industrial strength

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables: in-dus-tri-al strength
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Made for use by businesses or manufacturers, as opposed to home consumers, and therefore typically larger, stronger, more difficult to operate, and less attractive in appearance.

adj

Unusually large or potent.

noun

Ability or capacity, as related to industry.

Example Sentences

"The office was now large enough to need an industrial strength vacuum cleaner."
"That's one industrial strength cockroach! I'll need the industrial strength bug spray."
"It was many decades before the war-ravaged country regained its industrial strength."

Inflected Forms

industrial strengths (plural)

Phrases

industrial-grade

Frequently Paired Words

industrial-grade

Questions

What does industrial strength mean?: Made for use by businesses or manufacturers, as opposed to home consumers, and therefore typically larger, stronger, more difficult to operate, and less attractive in appearance.

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