Tall - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |tɔːl|  American pronunciation of the word tall
Brit.  |tɔːl|  British pronunciation of the word tall

noun

- a garment size for a tall person

adjective

- lofty in style (syn: grandiloquent, magniloquent)
he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying
- impressively difficult
a tall order
- too improbable to admit of belief (syn: improbable, marvellous, marvelous)
a tall story

Extra examples

All the children in my family grew up to be very tall.

My mother is short but my father is fairly tall.

The giraffe is the tallest animal.

The drinks were served in tall glasses.

She is five feet tall.

He is taller than you are.

He was young and tall.

This bush grows tall very quickly.

He's only 5 feet tall.

How tall is that building?

She's a little taller than her sister.

How tall are you?

The boat was too tall to pass beneath the bridge.

She gazed up at the tall buildings in wonder.

The man was six feet tall with a heavy build.

Word forms

adjective
comparative: taller
superlative: tallest
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