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Meaning of "free-range egg" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FREE-RANGE EGG

free-range egg  [ˌfriːˈreɪndʒ eɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FREE-RANGE EGG

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Free-Range egg is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FREE-RANGE EGG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

free-range egg

Free-range eggs

Free-range eggs are eggs produced from birds that are permitted outdoors for at least part of the day. The term "free-range" may be used differently depending on the country and the relevant laws. Eggs from indoor-only chickens might also be labelled Cage-free, Barn, Barn-roaming or Aviary. This is different from birds that are reared in systems labelled as Battery cages or Furnished cages.

Definition of free-range egg in the English dictionary

The definition of free-range egg in the dictionary is an egg produced by a bird kept in natural nonintensive conditions.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FREE-RANGE EGG

free-handedness
free-hearted
free-heartedly
free-heartedness
free-liver
free-living
free-market economy
free-marketeer
free-range
free-range chicken
free-range poultry
free-running
free-select
free-selection
free-selector
free-spirited
free-spoken
free-spokenly
free-spokenness
free-swimmer

WORDS THAT END LIKE FREE-RANGE EGG

bad egg
barn egg
battery egg
boiled egg
cleidoic egg
curate´s egg
darning egg
Easter egg
good egg
lay an egg
nest egg
new-laid egg
ostrich egg
poached egg
Scotch egg
scrambled egg
sea egg
soft-boiled egg
tea egg

Synonyms and antonyms of free-range egg in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «free-range egg» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FREE-RANGE EGG

Find out the translation of free-range egg to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of free-range egg from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «free-range egg» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

散养鸡蛋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

free-range egg
570 millions of speakers

English

free-range egg
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुक्त सीमा अंडा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مجموعة خالية من البيض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

свободном выгуле яйца
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

free-range egg
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিনামূল্যে পরিসীমা ডিম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

free-range oeuf
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Telur jarak jauh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Freiland- Ei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

放し飼いの卵
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

토종 계란
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Endhog bébas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

miễn phí tầm trứng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இலவச வீச்சு முட்டை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्री श्रेणीची अंडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Serbest menzilli yumurta
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

free-range egg
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jajko na wolnym wybiegu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вільному вигулі яйця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

în aer liber de ou
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυγό ελευθέρας βοσκής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

free-range eiers
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

frigående ägg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

frittgående egg
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of free-range egg

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FREE-RANGE EGG»

The term «free-range egg» is normally little used and occupies the 112.472 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FREE-RANGE EGG» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about free-range egg

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FREE-RANGE EGG»

Discover the use of free-range egg in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to free-range egg and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Profitable Free Range Egg Production
This title in the popular Guide to Management series is a thorough and practical guide to producing free range eggs for profit, written by a highly experienced commercial producer.
Mick Dennett, 1995
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The welfare of laying hens directive - implications for the ...
Certainly, a lot of them do but, as we find from our own market research, there is also a significant body of people who have a perception that a free range egg is a better quality egg in some way, shape or form. If you do blind testing that is not ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, 2011
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You Too, Can Have, The Fruits of Life! Without "White Folks" ...
Some major free-range egg manufacturers (White Folks) call attention to the fact that, they do not subject their “free-range” chickens to the same harsh conditions, which the “conventional” factory chicken farm s subject their chickens.
Thomas Gist, 2006
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EU Maximum Levels for Dioxins and Dioxin-like PCBs: Impact ...
... eggs 0,726 0,548 0,369 0,804 0,609 0,414 1,530 1,157 0,783 no-PCB is missing Norway 2003 10 ecological eggs eggs 0,300 0,261 0,222 0,915 0,629 0,344 1,215 0,890 0,566 no-PCB is missing Sweden 2004 26,7 indoor free range egg, ...
Marie Louise Wiborg, Norway Helle Katrine Knutsen, Norway Östen Andersson, Sweden Arne Büchert, Denmark Tommy Cederberg, Denmark Per Ola Darnerud, Sweden Anja Hallikainen, Finland Hannu Kiviranta, Finland Kristín Ólafsdóttir, Iceland Kim Peters, 2008
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Welfare of the Laying Hen
Most consumers will have a perception of cage and free-range egg production but cannot envisage what barn production entails. Personal experience of consumer perceptions of cage and free-range is that they are wrong in both cases.
G. C. Perry, 2004
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Colour Atlas of Food Quality Control
When broken the thin white and flattened yolk of an old egg contrasts with the thicker white and upright hemispherical yolk of a fresh laid egg. Supporters of free range egg production contend that as distribution is on a local basis the eggs are ...
Jane Sutherland, A H Varm, 1987
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Issues in General Food Research: 2011 Edition
... 6 free range and 12 caged chicken egg samples collected in Taiwan,” scientists in Tainan, Taiwan report. “The mean level of PCDD/Fs in the free range egg samples was 5.7 (1.79/0.314) times higher than those in the caged egg samples.
‎2012
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Vegetarian Times
... in the United States, according to Karen Davis, president of United Poultry Concerns, a Potomac, Maryland- based animal advocacy organization. Neither is there an association of free- range egg producers to set and maintain standards.
9
Woofing It Down: The Quick & Easy Guide to Making Healthy ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has no standards and allows egg producers to freely label any egg as a free range egg. Many producers will label their eggs as cage-free in addition to free range, so that is what you really want to look for.
Patricia O'Grady, 2007
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Farm Animal Proteomics 2013: Proceedings of the 4th ...
From egg measurements observations, although the free—range egg measurements were at times bigger than those of enriched caged hens there was no significant difference between the two types. The free—range laying hens did not ...
André de Almeida, David Eckersall, Elena Bencurova, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FREE-RANGE EGG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term free-range egg is used in the context of the following news items.
1
General Mills goes cage-free as better animal welfare moves …
General Mills' announcement comes as the food industry at large is moving toward cage-free and free-range egg production. For decades ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
2
Working lunch in the City: Street Kitchen, Broadgate Circle
The roasted broccoli, free-range egg and smokey mustard mayo was an unexpected veggie delight. Broccoli and free range egg. BUSINESS ... «City A.M., Jul 15»
3
Various thin-shelled types are running around like headless chooks …
TO scramble the metaphors, various thin-shelled types are running around like headless chooks over free-range eggs, proclaiming the sky will ... «North Queensland Register, Jul 15»
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Barnaby Joyce: mining companies and state governments 'too …
“We have discussions all the time about what is a free-range egg. You can't force a chook out of a shed. If a chook wants to stay in an ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Half The Cookie, All The Carbs...The New Oreo Thin?1:08
Just like consumers have driven investigations into the Australian free-range egg industry, people power can change what we put on our dinner ... «Courier Mail, Jul 15»
6
Neil Perry's rustic retreat
¼ cup pure icing sugar. 1 ½ tbsp ground almond meal. ¼ tsp sea salt. 45g unsalted butter, softened. ½ free-range egg, beaten. ½ tbsp milk. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
7
Top 10 budget restaurants and cafes in Newquay
A choice of doorstep sandwiches includes a feta and homemade pesto, and a breakfast sandwich (bacon, sausage and free-range egg), all on ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Heal Farms' new regional egg brand hits Asda stores
... stores across the county – the latest in a growing number of regional brands that are now an established feature of the free-range egg market ... «FarmersWeekly, Jun 15»
9
Call for national egg code
KEITH free-range egg producers Bill and Sally Hood, Earth Eggs, would welcome the idea of a national code. The Hoods are part of the ... «Stock Journal, Jun 15»
10
10 Things Every Portland Kid Knows
No Portland childhood is complete without making an art project out of recycled pinot noir corks, artisan beer caps and free-range egg ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»

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