See Also: degree(dictionary)
degree(2)(dictionary)
degree(1)(dictionary)
first degree(dictionary)
first-degree(dictionary)
second-degree(dictionary)
third degree(dictionary)
third-degree(dictionary)
Degree(medicine)
Degree(law)

first-degree (oh)



adj [only before noun]
first-degree burn
a burn that is not very serious
first-degree murder
AmE murder of the most serious type, in which someone deliberately kills someone else
-see also manslaughter manslaughter