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- [weyst hahy]
- /weɪst haɪ/
- /weɪst haɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [weyst hahy]
- /weɪst haɪ/
Definitions of waist-high word
- adjective waist-high extending as high as the waist: a waist-high hedge. 1
- adjective waist-high reaching up to the waist 0
- adjective waist-high as high as would reach to the waist (of a standing person). 0
Information block about the term
Origin of waist-high
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Waist-high
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
waist-high popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
See also
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