medium-sized

[ mee-dee-uhm-sahyzd ]

/ ˈmi di əmˌsaɪzd /

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adjective

neither very large nor very small: a medium-sized house.

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Origin of medium-sized

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby medium-sized

medium quarto, medium-range ballistic missile, mediums, medium-scale integration, medium shot, medium-sized, medium strip, medium wave, medius, medivac, medlar

How to use medium-sized in a sentence

But the middle ground — medium-sized black holes — is a little trickier.
The Goldilocks of Black Holes|Matthew R. Francis|August 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Julio Cesar Rosas (a pseudonym) owns a medium-sized business in Los Cortijos, a district in east-central Caracas.
Who Will Maduro Blame for Venezuela’s Blackout This Time?|Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
These massive clusters hang harmoniously balanced within a medium sized gallery.
Remembering Mike Kelley|Justin Jones|October 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Initiate a program to put light-rail mass-transit lines in all our large and medium-sized cities.
Goodbye, GM|Michael Moore|June 1, 2009|DAILY BEAST

And a rampant ache in my head, seconded by a medium-sized gash in the scalp, didn't make for an access of optimism at that moment.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Those medium-sized ones, made of wood and hooped like casks, cost from 80 pounds to 100 pounds apiece without appendages.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne
Of course the tonnage of the craft varies; the above measurements are those of a medium-sized one.
Yachting Vol. 2|Various.
In his opinion this steamer was of about the same size as the Californian—a medium-sized steamer, "something like ourselves."
Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic'|British Government
Two medium-sized buggy wheels were found in the back yard of a blacksmith shop, which were procured for a nominal price.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2|Various