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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.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of full-size1

First recorded in 1830–40
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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.

From BBC

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.

Spaceships are imposing, and both of its rides are experiments — Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run is a full-size arcade and Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance is a nearly 20-minute mash-up of attraction styles.

When it comes to full-size bottles, Dorn says she only keeps about five at a time, taking to eBay to sell lightly used bottles to make room for new ones.

Realyn Limbo has been a teacher on the island for 10 years, and seen the school grow from a small hut to full-size school teaching more than 100 pupils, from kindergarten to 18 years old.

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