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Empire-grown

Empire-grown adjective: of timber and other produce, grown in the British Empire and imported into Britain.

Adjective

Empire-grown (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Of timber and other produce, grown in the British Empire and imported into Britain.
    • Decorations and appointments: Stainless steel is generally employed for all fittings, while compartments are decorated with polished veneers of Empire-grown timbers.1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 396

Questions about Empire-grown

What does Empire-grown mean?
Empire-grown means of timber and other produce, grown in the British Empire and imported into Britain.
What part of speech is Empire-grown?
Empire-grown is an adjective.

Words near Empire-grown in the dictionary

  1. Empire style
  2. Empire Vale
  3. empire waist
  4. empire waists
  5. empire-building
  6. Empire-grown
  7. empire-waist
  8. empire-waisted
  9. empire-waists
  10. empirehood
  11. empires

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