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headhigh

headhigh adjective: tall so as to reach one's head.

Adjective

headhigh (comparative more headhigh, superlative most headhigh)

  1. Tall so as to reach one's head.
    • The house was painted crimson and a headhigh brick wall stretched out and closed in the backyard and a single light shined in an upstairs window.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 40, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 196

Forms of headhigh

comparativemore headhigh
superlativemost headhigh

Origin of headhigh

From head + high.

Questions about headhigh

What does headhigh mean?
Headhigh means tall so as to reach one's head.
What part of speech is headhigh?
Headhigh is an adjective.

Words near headhigh in the dictionary

  1. headgrowths
  2. headguard
  3. headguards
  4. headhair
  5. headhairs
  6. headhigh
  7. headhood
  8. headhouse
  9. headhouses
  10. headhunt
  11. headhunted

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