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proto-industries

proto-industries is the plural of proto-industry.

Meaning of proto-industry

Noun

proto-industry (countable and uncountable, plural proto-industries)

  1. Domestic manufacturing or commercial activity seen as being a precursor to industrialization.
    • Near-synonym: cottage industry

Questions about proto-industries

What is proto-industries the plural of?
Proto-industries is the plural of proto-industry.

Words near proto-industries in the dictionary

  1. Proto-Indo-Germanic
  2. Proto-Indo-Hittite
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranian
  4. Proto-Indo-Iranians
  5. proto-industrialization
  6. proto-industries
  7. proto-industry
  8. Proto-Inuit
  9. Proto-Inupik
  10. Proto-Iranian
  11. Proto-Iranians

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