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full-length

full-length adjective: not shortened; complete and uncut.

Adjective

full-length (not comparable)

  1. Not shortened; complete and uncut.
    • All tracks in both the running shed and repair shop are provided with full-length inspection pits.1957 December, “Diesel Depot at Darlington”, in Railway Magazine, page 876
  2. Covering the full height of the body.
  3. Of a painting, sculpture or a photograph, representing the full height of the body.
  4. At full stretch, requiring the whole body.
    • The goalkeeper made a full-length save to deny the United attacker.

Noun

full-length (plural full-lengths)

  1. A full-length portrait.
    • Below was a full-length of James II., at whose feet was a sort of throne, on which the duchess was placed.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Interview”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 212

Forms of full-length

pluralfull-lengths

Origin of full-length

From full + length.

Questions about full-length

What does full-length mean?
Full-length means not shortened; complete and uncut.
What part of speech is full-length?
Full-length can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near full-length in the dictionary

  1. full-handedness
  2. full-hearted
  3. full-heartedly
  4. full-heartedness
  5. full-hot
  6. full-length
  7. full-lengths
  8. full-line forcing
  9. full-looking
  10. full-made
  11. full-metal-jacketed

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