tall
- noun
- /tɔl/
- And did you know Dockers has big and tall pants, shirts and shorts.
Examples
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And did you know Dockers has big and tall pants, shirts and shorts, perfect for my big and tall boy.
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A couple of days ago, I was in, uh, Women's Big & Tall.
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What are you, about a fifty in Big and Tall?
Fiction book (1997) -
I'm gonna go check out the-- the Big and Tall.
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They have long body options and for the tall guys, long body and triple XL sizing.
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She found a beautiful dress in the Big and Tall section that fit her perfectly.
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The store specializes in clothes designed for tall people, offering a wide range of sizes.
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He purchased a tall size suit that had longer sleeves and trousers for his height.
Antonyms
Idioms
- Australian
To criticize someone who stands out to make them seem less successful
Compounds
- Literature
A story that says things are bigger or more amazing than they really are to be funny
A small bush from Chile with bluish-white tube-shaped flowers grown in gardens
A tall wild plant with bright yellow spring flowers that can poison farm animals
A tall bush from eastern North America that makes sweet blue-black berries used to grow blueberries
A European wild flower that comes back every year with bright yellow spring flowers
A tall North American wild flower with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks
- Australian
A tall Australian plant with yellow flowers that comes back each year
A tall rough grass from Europe and Asia that looks like oats and grows by roads and fields
- Specialized
An oily product left from wood pulp during paper making used to make soap and oils for machines
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word tall on clothing comes from the same idea of being 'long' or 'high', so a 'tall' size has longer measurements for people who are taller than average.