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   Tall

   /tôl/

   

   adjective

   • 1. of great or more than average height, especially (with reference to an object) relative to width: "a tall, broad-shouldered man" Similar bighighlargehugetoweringcolossalgiganticgiantmonstrousgiant-sizeBrobdingnagianlankyrangyganglingleggylong-leggedinformal:longhighbigloftytoweringsoaringelevatedsky-highsky-scrapingmultistoreyOpposite shortsmalllow
   • ▪ (after a measurement and in questions) measuring a specified distance from top to bottom: "he was over six feet tall" Similar in heighthighfrom head to toe/footOpposite wide

   Word Origin late Middle English: probably from Old Englishgetæl ‘swift, prompt’. Early senses also included ‘fine, handsome’ and ‘bold, strong, good at fighting’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tallish adjective
   • 2. tallness noun

   Scrabble Points: 4

   • T

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   • A

     1

   • L

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   • L

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