tallboy

tall·boy

T t

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [tawl-boi]
- /ˈtɔlˌbɔɪ/
- /ˈtɔːl.bɔɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tawl-boi]
- /ˈtɔlˌbɔɪ/

Definitions of tallboy word

noun tallboy English Furniture. a chest of drawers supported by a low stand. Compare highboy. a chest-on-chest. 1
noun tallboy a tall chimney pot. 1
noun tallboy a tall-stemmed goblet. 1
noun tallboy (initial capital letter) Military. a 12,000-pound (5400 kg) British bomb of World War II, designed to penetrate the target or plunge deep into the ground before detonating. 1
noun tallboy chest of drawers 1
noun tallboy tall can of beer, 16 oz or half-liter 1

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Origin of tallboy

First appearance:

before 1670

One of the 47% oldest English words

First recorded in 1670-80; tall + boy

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Parts of speech for Tallboy

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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tallboy popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for tallboy

noun tallboy

chest of drawers — A chest of drawers is a low, flat piece of furniture with drawers in which you keep clothes and other things.
chifforobe — an article of furniture that comprises a chest of drawers and a wardrobe
highboy — a tall chest of drawers on legs, usually in two sections set one on top of the other. Compare tallboy, lowboy.
lowboy — a low chest of drawers on short legs, resembling the lower part of a highboy.

All 4 Synonyms of tallboy