waist-high
waist-high adjective: as high as would reach to the waist (of a standing person).
Adjective
waist-high (not comparable)
- As high as would reach to the waist (of a standing person).
- Near-synonym: waist-deep
- Though this arrangement was a vast improvement on what had gone before, the engine crew were still very conscious of a side wind round their legs, and it was not until 1892 that R. J. Billinton rectified this, when he built his "D3" Class 0-4-4 bogie tank engines Nos. 363-398, and provided them...1945 November and December, A. B. MacLeod, “Development of the L.B.S.C.R. Driver's Cab”, in Railway Magazine, pages 335–336
- Synonyms:
- waist-deep
Synonyms of waist-high
Questions about waist-high
- What does waist-high mean?
- Waist-high means as high as would reach to the waist (of a standing person).
- What part of speech is waist-high?
- Waist-high is an adjective.
Words near waist-high in the dictionary
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