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waist height

collocation in English

meanings of waistand height


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waist
noun[C]
uk /weɪst/ us /weɪst/
the part of the body above and slightly narrower than ...
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height
noun[C or U]
uk /haɪt/ us /haɪt/
the distance from the top to the bottom of something, or the quality of ...
See more at height


Examples of waist height


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On each floor, at waistheight, are located three infrared sensors.
Even though the sensors are located at waistheight, it is possible for moving arms to create fast, double activations.
The large day room could be seen through glass panels which ran from waistheight to ceiling in the corridor leading to the main entrance and exit.
He also has to sit with his legs elevated to waistheight all the time because of pain in his legs.
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The coffee cherries are spread out in the sun, either on large concrete or brick patios or on matting raised to waistheight on trestles.
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A length of chain was usually fixed at waistheight to the stanchions above the chains, as an added safety measure.
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One result of the boiler's angle is that the firehole door is at waistheight, requiring the fireman to lift the coal some distance.
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In the later arcosolia, the arched recess was carved out to about waistheight.
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This raises the blanket to about waistheight.
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When not in use, the tea cup is placed back in the tea saucer and held in one's lap or at waistheight.
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The nose is at a height of about seven feet, and sits at waistheight for anyone riding through the arch on a horse.
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It is not clear how high he raised his hand but it could have been waistheight.
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It was also a means of seeing; often it was solid only to waistheight and richly decorated with pictures of saints and angels.
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Tea plants will grow into a tree if left undisturbed, but cultivated plants are pruned to waistheight for ease of plucking.
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Other common features of a dance studio include a barre, which is fixed to the wall at approximately waistheight and used as a means of support.
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Hand flakes were built low to the ground at about waistheight with the surface area about the width of a person's reach stretched in various lengths.
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A tea plant will grow into a tree of up to 16m ft if left undisturbed, but cultivated plants are generally pruned to waistheight for ease of plucking.
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Wikipedia

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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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