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overheight

overheight adjective: higher than is standard or (transport, law, of a vehicle) higher than is allowed.

overheight: higher than is standard or (transport, law, of a vehicle) higher than is allowed
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Adjective

overheight

  1. Higher than is standard or (transport, law, of a vehicle) higher than is allowed.

Noun

overheight (uncountable)

  1. An excess of height.
    • […] and shall pay not only the amount of the permit fee for overlength, overheight, overwidth or overweight as might be due, but an additional civil penalty of fifty dollars for the first offense, one hundred dollars for the second offense and one hundred fifty dollars for each additional offense...1976, Acts of the Legislature, volume 1, Louisiana, page 445

Origin of overheight

From over- + height.

Questions about overheight

What does overheight mean?
Overheight means higher than is standard or (transport, law, of a vehicle) higher than is allowed.
What part of speech is overheight?
Overheight can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near overheight in the dictionary

  1. overheaves
  2. overheavily
  3. overheaviness
  4. overheavy
  5. overhedging
  6. overheight
  7. overheighten
  8. overheightened
  9. overheightening
  10. overheightens
  11. overheld

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