waist-high

waist-high
adverb
up to the waist
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the water rose waist-high

• Syn: ↑waist-deep

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
1. : reaching to or being at the level of the waist

waist-high waves

the batter let a good waist-high ball go by

2. : reaching only a middle level in quality : mediocre

a waist-high culture

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/wayst"huy"/, adj.
extending as high as the waist: a waist-high hedge.
[1590-1600]

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waistˈ-deep or waistˈ-high adjective
Deep or high enough to reach up to the waist
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Main Entry: ↑waist

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waist-high UK US adjective, adverb
high enough to reach your waist

waist-high maize

Thesaurus: words used to describe heighthyponym high and heightsynonym

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adj
: reaching as high as your waist

The corn is waist-high at this stage of growth.

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ˌwaist-ˈhigh [waist-high] adjective, adverb
high enough to reach the waist

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waist-high grass

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The grass had grown waist-high.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • waist-high — adj, adv high enough to reach your waist ▪ waist high grass …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • waist-high — adjective, adverb high enough to reach your waist: waist high corn …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • waist-high — [wāst′hī′] adj. reaching up to the waist …   English World dictionary

  • waist-high — /ˈweɪst haɪ/ (say wayst huy) adjective reaching as high as the waist: *He turned from the road into the tall scrub, forced his way through waist high undergrowth of stunted wilga –frank dalby davison, 1965. Also, waist deep …  

  • waist-high — /wayst huy /, adj. extending as high as the waist: a waist high hedge. [1590 1600] * * * …   Universalium

  • waist-high — adjective, adverb high enough to reach your waist: waist high grass …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • waist-high — UK / US adjective, adverb high enough to reach your waist waist high maize …   English dictionary

  • waist-high — adjective as high as would reach to the waist (of a standing person) Syn: waist deep …   Wiktionary

  • waist-high — as high as the waist, as high as the middle of the body …   English contemporary dictionary

  • waist-deep — adverb up to the waist the water rose waist high • Syn: ↑waist high * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective 1. : rising to the waist : waist high the water was only waist deep at one end of the pool …   Useful english dictionary

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