medium-sized

[ mee-dee-uhm-sahyzd ]

/ ˈmi di əmˌsaɪzd /

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

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

First recorded in 1880–85

While the beans are cooling and drying, melt the butter in a saute pan over medium heat.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole|Carla Hall|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Place the thinly sliced shallots in a medium bowl and pour buttermilk over to coat.
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Heat the rum in a small skillet over medium until reduce by half.
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While the pork is resting, heat a large, heavy-bottomed pan over medium-high heat.
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Finish the sauce by putting the roasting pan on the stovetop over medium-high heat.
Make Carla Hall’s Roasted Pork Loin With Cranberries|Carla Hall|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The medium pitch expresses warmth, emotion, and the heart qualities.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
They vary greatly in size, being sometimes so small as to seem mere points of light with medium-power objectives.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
That night he encamped near a fair-sized village which was ominously denuded of men.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
At present this medium is paper money depreciated, as in the case of the Reichsbank notes, by nearly 30 per cent.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
The lamps are two in number, and are about as big as the smallest sized fluid lamp that we used in old times to go to bed by.
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