medium-sized

medium-sized
adjective
intermediate in size
Similar to: ↑sized

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/mee"dee euhm suyzd'/, adj.
neither very large nor very small: a medium-sized house.
[1880-85]

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medium-sized UK [ˌmiːdiəm ˈsaɪzd] US [ˌmidiəm ˈsaɪzd] adjective
neither large nor small

Use a medium-sized saucepan.

Thesaurus: not big or small in sizesynonym

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(or medium-size) adj
: neither large nor small

a medium-sized pan

a medium-size car/house/city

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ˈmedium-sized [medium-sized] adjective
of average size

a medium-sized saucepan


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