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chest-high

chest-high adjective: reaching up to a person's chest.

Adjective

chest-high (not comparable)

  1. Reaching up to a person's chest.
    • The Milky Way is overhead on November 2 2015, while chest-high ground mist rolls in to give the shot an ethereal feel.2020 July 1, “Feature Pictorial: Ribblehead Viaduct under starlight”, in Rail, page 71, photo caption
    Synonyms:
    letter-high

Synonyms of chest-high

Questions about chest-high

What does chest-high mean?
Chest-high means reaching up to a person's chest.
What part of speech is chest-high?
Chest-high is an adjective.

Words near chest-high in the dictionary

  1. chest-beating
  2. chest-bump
  3. chest-bumped
  4. chest-bumping
  5. chest-bumps
  6. chest-high
  7. chest-protector beard
  8. chest-protector beards
  9. chest-thumping
  10. chestage
  11. chestal

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