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industry plant

industry plant noun: a music artist associated with a label but appearing as if they are independent and self-made.

Noun

industry plant (plural industry plants)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A music artist associated with a label but appearing as if they are independent and self-made.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see industry, plant ("industrial equipment or facilities").
    • […]It operates a passenger train service between the industry plant and the D. L. & W. Ry. station in Buffalo1916, United States. Interstate Commerce Commission, Supplemental Digest of Decisions Under the Interstate Commerce Act
    • Much of the heavy industry plant is now old and the investment has not been made available to modernise it.1997, Michael Carr, New Patterns: Process and Change in Human Geography, Nelson Thornes, →ISBN, page 236

Forms of industry plant

pluralindustry plants

Questions about industry plant

What does industry plant mean?
Industry plant means a music artist associated with a label but appearing as if they are independent and self-made.
What part of speech is industry plant?
Industry plant is a noun.
What is the plural of industry plant?
The plural of industry plant is industry plants.

Words near industry plant in the dictionary

  1. industriousness
  2. industry
  3. Industry 4.0
  4. industry discount
  5. industry discounts
  6. industry plant
  7. industry plants
  8. industry-wide
  9. industrywide
  10. industrywise
  11. indutive

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