tall
having a relatively great height; of more than average stature: a tall woman;tall grass.
having stature or height as specified: a man six feet tall.
large in amount or degree; considerable: a tall price;Swinging that deal is a tall order.
extravagant; difficult to believe: a tall tale.
high-flown; grandiloquent: He engages in so much tall talk, one never really knows what he's saying.
having more than usual length; long and relatively narrow: He carried a tall walking stick.
(of a drink) consisting of liquor mixed with other ingredients and served in a large glass, as a cocktail: We watched as he put together a Mamie Taylor, a tall drink with Scotch, ginger beer, and lime.
Archaic. valiant.
Obsolete.
seemly; proper.
fine; handsome.
in a proud, confident, or erect manner: to stand tall;to walk tall.
Origin of tall
1synonym study For tall
Opposites for tall
Other words from tall
- tall·ness, noun
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How to use tall in a sentence
Museums of natural history display the biggest meteorites, tallest dinosaurs, and millipedes with the most legs.
When she was unveiled 128 years ago today, Lady Liberty was the tallest structure in New York City.
128 Years Old and Still a Looker: Happy Birthday to Lady Liberty | Elizabeth Mitchell | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYou know what the religion of a city is by the tallest building.
Andrew Garfield on the Evils of Capitalism, the Hacking Scandal, and Criticism of ‘Spider-Man 2’ | Marlow Stern | September 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBuilt in 1889, it was the tallest man-made structure in the world until the Chrysler Building in New York caught up in 1930.
When building first began, Ryugyong was on track to be the tallest hotel in the world.
In this way he can reach up to the tops of the tallest trees and cut off the cocoanuts; when thud!
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton WadeOne of the tallest of the trees was split from near its top almost to the foot of the trunk.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret PenroseWe knew that all he wanted was to get out on deck, and then there would be the tallest kind of a rumpus.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run | Stanley R. MatthewsBut all of a sudden he flew up on the tallest fence-post he could find, and flapped his wings.
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon AndersonIt is enough to make the tallest chimney of the neighbourhood topple over with envy.
Friend Mac Donald | Max O'Rell
British Dictionary definitions for tall
/ (tɔːl) /
of more than average height
(postpositive) having a specified height: a woman five feet tall
(in combination): a twenty-foot-tall partition
informal exaggerated or incredible: a tall story
informal difficult to accomplish: a tall order
an archaic word for excellent
Origin of tall
1Derived forms of tall
- tallness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with tall
In addition to the idioms beginning with tall
- tall order
- tall tale
also see:
- walk tall
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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