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breast-high

breast-high

6.0
At the level of a person's chest
  • adverb
  • /brɛst-haɪ/
translation icon : hasta el pecho
  • The water in the creek was breast-high, making it difficult for the children to wade across.

Examples

  • As the floodwaters rose, they reached breast-high, forcing everyone to evacuate the area.

  • A thin, breast-high fog fills the lot; arc lights make yellow pools.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • During the storm, the waves crashed down in a breast-high surge, alarming all the surfers.

Synonyms

breast-deep
vsbreast-high
7.4

At a height that reaches a person's chest

is a general measure for any object reaching chest height rather than only liquids

How High

breast-high
6.0
waist-high
6 3.7
knee-high
2 3.5

Surface Forms

breast-high positive

Morphology

breast-high = breast + high (transparent) = breast + high

Literal compound of 'breast' + 'high' meaning 'as high as the breast', a straightforward and directly inferable combination.

Etymology

The phrase breast-high joins breast (the front of the chest) and high ('up to'). It describes something that reaches 'up to the level of the breasts', like water or tall grass that comes to your chest.