full-size

Or full-sized

[fool-sahyz]

adjective

1. of the usual or normal size of its kind.

   a full-size kitchen.

2. (of a bed) 54 inches (137 centimeters) wide and 75 or 76 inches (191 or 193 centimeters) long; double.

3. pertaining to or made for a full-size bed.

   full-size sheets.

Word History and Origins

Origin of full-size¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

The home comes with “a versatile full-size court for basketball, tennis, volleyball, and pickleball, plus a professional turf wiffle ball field with a high school-distance pitching mound.”

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There do appear to be growing expectations of full-size candy bars being doled out instead of the mini or “fun size” versions that were long the Halloween norm.

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The company built its first full-size mock-up of the plane recently for an industry conference.

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The Queen, an avid advocate of children's literature, also showed some of Windsor's full-size books and historical prints.

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This August afternoon, she is on a video call from her home in Las Vegas, where the barefaced star shares a room with, as she describes it, “my Liberace piano” and a full-size carousel horse.

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