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overknee

overknee adjective: reaching above the knee.

Adjective

overknee (not comparable)

  1. Reaching above the knee.
    • overknee waders; overknee boots

Origin of overknee

From over- + knee.

Questions about overknee

What does overknee mean?
Overknee means reaching above the knee.
What part of speech is overknee?
Overknee is an adjective.

Words near overknee in the dictionary

  1. overkindness
  2. overking
  3. overkingdom
  4. overkingdoms
  5. overkings
  6. overknee
  7. overknowing
  8. overlabor
  9. overlabored
  10. overlaboring
  11. overlabors

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