What does "knee-high" mean?

A sock or stocking that reaches to the knees; chiefly, women's nylon stockings that end slightly above the knee and are supported by garter belts.

What is a synonym for "knee-high"?

Common synonyms include: couchant, cramped, debased, depressed, dinky, exiguous.

/ˌniːˈhaɪ/ adj, noun

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Noun

1
A sock or stocking that reaches to the knees; chiefly, women's nylon stockings that end slightly above the knee and are supported by garter belts. US, plural-normally
2
a sock or stocking that reaches up to just below the knees wordnet

Adjective

1
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see knee, high: reaching to the height of a person's knees. not-comparable
"Near-synonym: knee-deep"
2
Very young. figuratively, not-comparable
"John Fred Gourrier had been listening to Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis, and the Spiders since he was knee-high."

Adverb

"Mary put on her knee-high boots."

From knee + high (adjective).