tall
Having a top that is far up (contrast: deep (having a bottom that is far down' ).)
Adjective 2 meanings
Having a top that is far up (contrast: deep (having a bottom that is far down' ).)
“Being tall is an advantage in basketball.”
Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.
Noun 2 meanings
A clothing size for taller people.
“Do you have this in a tall?”
A tall serving of a drink, especially one from Starbucks, which contains 12 ounces.
Etymology
From Middle English tall, talle, tal (“seemly, becoming, handsome, good-looking, excellent, good, valiant, lively in speech, bold, great, large, big”), from Old English *tæl, ġetæl (“swift, ready, having mastery of”), from Proto-Germanic *talaz (“submissive, pliable, obedient”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol-, *del- (“to aim, calculate, adjust, reckon”).
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TALL at a glance
TALL has 4 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (T 1 + A 1 + L 1 + L 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,858 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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