Waist-high

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    As high as would reach to the waist (of a standing person). not-comparable

    "Near-synonym: waist-deep"

Adverb
  1. 1
    up to the waist wordnet

Synonyms

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waist-deepwaist-deep

Example

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"Though this arrangement was a vast improvement on what had gone before, the engine crew were still very conscious of a side wind round their legs, and it was not until 1892 that R. J. Billinton rectified this, when he built his "D3" Class 0-4-4 bogie tank engines Nos. 363-398, and provided them with waist-high close-fitting cab doors."

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