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orange-sized

orange-sized

2.8
About as big as an orange
  • adjective
translation icon : del tamaño de una naranja
  • The fruit weighed almost as much as an orange-sized ball, making it easy to carry.

Examples

  • The scientist discovered an orange-sized mass in the chest of the patient during the examination.

  • There was an orange-sized hole dead center of the mattress.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • During the examination, the doctor noted an orange-sized tumor on the X-ray.

How Big

orange-sized
2.8

Surface Forms

orange-sized positive

Morphology

orange-sized = orange (transparent) = orange + sized

The meaning is directly derived from 'orange' + the productive adjectival suffix '-sized' indicating approximate size.

Etymology

Orange-sized comes from the fruit orange and the ending -sized, which means 'having the size of'. So something orange-sized is about as big as an orange.