height Definition
height (hīt)
noun
- the topmost point of anything
- the highest limit; greatest degree; extreme; climax; culmination the height of absurdity
- the distance from the bottom to the top
- elevation or distance above a given level, as above the surface of the earth or sea; altitude
- elevation (of the sun, a star, etc.) above the horizon, measured in degrees
- a relatively great distance from bottom to top
- a relatively great distance above a given level
- a point or place considerably above most others; eminence; elevation; hill
- Obsolete high rank
Etymology: < earlier highth < ME heighthe < OE hiehthu (akin to Goth hauhitha) < heah: see high & -th
height Synonyms
height
n.
Altitude
altitude, elevation, extent upward, pitch, prominence, loftiness, highness, perpendicular distance, angular measurement, upright distance, tallness, stature; see also expanse, extent, length 2.Climax
An eminence
height refers to distance from bottom to top a figurine four inches in height or to distance above a given level he dropped it from a height of ten feet; altitude and elevation refer especially to distance above a given level (usually the surface of the earth) and generally connote great distance the altitude of an airplane, the elevation of a mountain; stature refers especially to the height of a human being standing erect he was short in stature
height Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- meter: The Sycamore can reach a height of 30 meters.
- foot: The video camera is located on an inside wall directed toward the main entrance door, at a height of 9 feet.
- boom: This was at the height of the dot.com boom.
Converse of object
- reach: The Sycamore can reach a height of 30 meters.
- adjust: Set the post in place, and adjust the height as necessary with more mix.
- dado: Wall tiling from Porcelanosa will be fitted to dado height in bathrooms and shower rooms and to full height in shower enclosures.
- mow: Makes a very high quality playing surface with a compact and dense sward with a mowing height of just 5mm.
Adjective modifier
- dizzy: He is also a keen adventurer planning to scale the dizzy heights of Mount Everest in 2007.
- adjustable: Adjustable seat height, padded head support, padded safety restraint.
- heady: He started his working life in the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank before giving up the heady heights of finance for writing.
- lofty: I begin to realize that they are acrobats aiming at loftier heights than those of the dome.
- giddy: I hardly expected to be able to complete it, let alone achieve the giddy heights of Senior Honors!
- maximum: What is the maximum height a 215mm thick wall can be raised to?
Modifies a noun
adjustment: The first of these tools to be implemented in the Bath Model was a height adjustment slider.
Noun used with modifier
- waist: Cat and Mouse Everyone should stand in a circle holding the chute stretched out at about waist height.
- ceiling: White bathroom suite with tiled surround to ceiling height.
- eaves: The unit has a double timber door 1.81m wide x 2.0m high and an internal eaves height of 2.89m.
- saddle: Step 3 For most people and bikes the correct saddle height corresponds to 109 per cent of the inseam ( crotch to ground ).
- shoulder: Try to make the support high enough so that you don't have to use the hedge trimmer above shoulder height.
- wave: Wave steepness: The ratio of wave height to wavelength.
Browse dictionary entries near height
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