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waist-high

[ weyst-hahy ]

adjective

  1. extending as high as the waist:

    a waist-high hedge.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of waist-high1

First recorded in 1590–1600
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Example Sentences

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Sofas in the spacious rooms are overturned, the windows broken, gold jewellery boxes are bare, the door of a waist-high safe has been pulled off.

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However, a number of other towns and villages have also been hit by flooding, including Great Glen, where Cimi Kazazi waded through waist-high water to rescue a woman from a stranded car.

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There are two toilets, and a shower behind a waist-high wall.

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For example, he once jumped onto the roof of a car to avoid tangling with a large mastiff mix that had hopped over a waist-high fence.

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Minjee Lee drove into waist-high grass on the 14th, had to take a penalty drop and made another double bogey.

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