knee-high
2
3.5
- adjective
- /ˈniːˌhaɪ/
:
hasta la rodilla
- And then these are the knee high boots.
- knee-high boots
- knee-high rubber
- knee-high leather
Also maxi skirt and knee high boots for the fall.
- Also maxi skirt and knee high boots for the fall.
- And one thing that few will ever forget is the white knee high boots he was sporting.
- It's also a really good length, perfect, perfect length to wear with like knee high boots.
- But they were like knee high, sort of similar style boots, knee high boots, but they were in like a beige colour.
- It was like all over shark week of like a guy standing in like ankle high or it was like shin knee high water, OK.
- I just need some like knee high white leather boots, not over the knee, but knee high or even pink and just like go for it.
Examples
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A barely visible mound of snow rose there, not more than knee high to Mike and about fifteen meters across.
Fiction book (2000) -
Also maxi skirt and knee high boots for the fall.
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It's also a really good length, perfect, perfect length to wear with like knee high boots.
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And one thing that few will ever forget is the white knee high boots he was sporting.
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Like those white knee-high boots that all the cute girls at school had.
Fiction book (1997) -
Some yards still showed the effects of loving care, but most were knee-high in weeds.
Fiction book (1991) -
The lip of the doorway was knee-high.
Fiction book (1999) -
The deep snow, knee-high in places where it had drifted, impeded his progress.
Fiction book (1992) -
A puppy scrambled down beside him, a brown, knee-high, yipping bundle of energy.
Fiction book (2002) -
In the summer, the grass grew knee-high, making it the perfect playground for the children.
Synonyms
5
3.1
Water or mud that reaches up to the knees
3
2.9
Long enough to reach the knee, like a dress or coat
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Morphology
Etymology
The word knee-high combines knee and high, so it literally means 'reaching the knee'. That is why we call boots, snow, or crops knee-high when they come up to the level of the knee.