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grape-sized

grape-sized

1.3
About the same size as a grape
  • adjective
translation icon : del tamaño de una uva
  • The toy was a grape-sized ball that fit perfectly in his hand.

Examples

  • He scooped up snow and concocted a pair of grape-sized spheres that he pasted to the snowy bosom.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • She discovered grape-sized crystals sparkling in the sunlight on the cave floor.

  • The child held up a grape-sized piece of candy, excited to share it with her friend.

Synonyms

cherry-sized
vsgrape-sized
2.0

Almost the same size as a cherry

is similar in small round fruit size but may differ slightly
olive-sized
vsgrape-sized
3.7

About the size of an olive

is similar in size but is generally larger

How Big

grape-sized
1.3

Surface Forms

grape-sized positive

Morphology

grape-sized = grape (transparent) = grape + sized

The adjective is formed by the productive suffix '-sized' meaning 'of the size of', so the meaning is directly derivable from 'grape' + '-sized'.

Etymology

The word grape-sized is made from grape and -sized, and it means 'about the size of a grape'. Think of holding a grape in your hand: something called grape-sized is roughly that small.