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shoulder-length

shoulder-length adjective: reaching the shoulders.

Adjective

shoulder-length (not comparable)

  1. (or similar) Reaching the shoulders.
    • With her shoulder-length platinum blonde hair, she was easy to spot from afar.

Origin of shoulder-length

From shoulder + length.

Questions about shoulder-length

What does shoulder-length mean?
Shoulder-length means reaching the shoulders.
What part of speech is shoulder-length?
Shoulder-length is an adjective.

Words near shoulder-length in the dictionary

  1. shoulder-barging
  2. shoulder-blade
  3. shoulder-blades
  4. shoulder-knot
  5. shoulder-knots
  6. shoulder-length
  7. shoulder-of-mutton sail
  8. shoulder-of-mutton sails
  9. shoulder-pole
  10. shoulder-poles
  11. shoulder-strap

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