: allowed to range and forage with relative freedom
free-range chickens
also : of, relating to, or produced by free-range animals
free-range eggs

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Wisconsin Buck and Bear Club Buck This 49-point buck was said to have been killed free-range in Wisconsin during the muzzleloader season. Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2025 Freshly cut daffodils, rotisserie free-range chickens, freshly baked pains au chocolat—there’s something for everyone (well, everyone with a second home in one of the most expensive Zip Codes in the country) at the Sagaponack General Store. Carrie Monahan, Air Mail, 10 May 2025 Love in the Spectrum isn’t exactly free-range dating — dates are set up by the show, followed up on (no fear of ghosting), and dissected by participants — but there is no compulsory finish line. Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 May 2025 What is free-range parenting if not oodles of agency? Gail Cornwall, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for free-range

Word History

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of free-range was in 1912

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“Free-range.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free-range. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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free-range

adjective
ˈfrē-ˌrānj
: allowed to roam and forage freely
free-range chickens
also : of, relating to, or produced by free-range animals
free-range eggs
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