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tall

tall

4 5.1
Clothing size with longer measurements for people above average height
  • noun
  • /tɔl/
translation icon : talla para altos
  • And did you know Dockers has big and tall pants, shirts and shorts.

Examples

  • And did you know Dockers has big and tall pants, shirts and shorts, perfect for my big and tall boy.

  • A couple of days ago, I was in, uh, Women's Big & Tall.

  • What are you, about a fifty in Big and Tall?

    Fiction book (1997)
  • I'm gonna go check out the-- the Big and Tall.

  • They have long body options and for the tall guys, long body and triple XL sizing.

  • She found a beautiful dress in the Big and Tall section that fit her perfectly.

  • The store specializes in clothes designed for tall people, offering a wide range of sizes.

  • He purchased a tall size suit that had longer sleeves and trousers for his height.

Antonyms

31 4.4

A clothing size for women who are short or slim

Idioms

To criticize someone who stands out to make them seem less successful

Feel and act confident

8.3

Confident and in control of a situation

Compounds

tall tale
  • Literature
19 4.0

A story that says things are bigger or more amazing than they really are to be funny

tall order
  • Informal
16 6.9

A task that is very hard to do

6 3.9

Grass that grows tall in wet, rich places

tall story
  • Informal
1 7.3

A made-up tale that is hard to believe

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

An evergreen shrub with white flowers and red berries that animals eat

A tall wild plant with many small yellow flowers that grows in fields

A North American plant with tall stems of blue or white bell-shaped flowers

8.7

A tall bush from eastern North America that makes sweet blue-black berries used to grow blueberries

A wild plant with tall stems and bright yellow flowers

9.9

A European wild flower that comes back every year with bright yellow spring flowers

A tall garden plant with pink-purple flowers that grows back every year

A tall rough grass that grows in meadows and roadsides and is used for hay

A tall North American wild flower with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks

tall yellow-eye
  • Australian
9.9

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

tall oil
  • Specialized
9.6

An oily product left from wood pulp during paper making used to make soap and oils for machines

A very tall plant with large yellow flowers and edible underground roots

A plant that reaches a great height with long thin stems

A plant that has a long stem

How Long

tall
4 5.1
regular
17 3.9
petite
31 4.4

Surface Forms

tall singular
talls plural

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.