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seven-inch

[ sev-uh n-inch ]

/ ˈsɛv ənˌɪntʃ /

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noun

a phonograph record seven inches in diameter, usually having one popular song on each side.

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Examples from the Web for seven-inch

The backside of the book offers a seven-inch ruler to gauge the size of any bird viewed.
Book Bag: Terry Tempest Williams’s Birding Bibles|Terry Tempest Williams|March 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Bags had grown to this enormous monstrosity, wildly unfunctional, akin to tottering around on seven-inch heels.
Return of the Normal-Size Bag|Misty White Sidell|October 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
In July 2008, I learned that I had a seven-inch cancerous tumor in my left femur.
Who Will Raise My Daughters?|Bruce Feiler|April 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST
This is surmounted by a seven-inch top-mast, Pg 355 so that the complete height above the deck is twenty-two inches.
Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do|Anonymous

It's half-size, and there's a seven-inch cut just out of baulk where Clarence's cue slipped.
My Man Jeeves|P. G. Wodehouse
Solid ten-inch shot and seven-inch flat-heads were used upon her.
Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863|Arthur J. L. (Lieut.-Col.) Fremantle
A false floor of 1⁄8 inch wire screen was provided, with a seven-inch strip of galvanized sheet metal beneath it at each end.
Life History and Ecology of the Five-lined Skink, Eumeces fasciatus|Henry S. Fitch
I'll bet that in three shots I could knock the block off the top of that mountain with the seven-inch.
The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service|Frank Gee Patchin