(of a person, mountain etc) above the average or usual height
high in stature, length
Cases of word usage
1) a set of rooms as a place to live, especially one of several in one tall building (apartment)
2) a tall drinking cup (of plastic), usually without a handle (beaker)
3) a long, hollow, jointed stem of tall reeds and grass-like plants (e.g. bamboo) (cane)
4) a tall growth of feathers on a bird's head (crest)
5) (the wood of) a kind of tall tree growing in cold regions with leaves like needles (fir)
6) a tube wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used for pouring liquids or powders through small openings; a tall outlet for smoke on a ship, railway engine etc (funnel)
7) (in stories) a very big, tall man (giant)
8) a row of bushes, shrubs or tall plants etc forming a boundary for field, garden etc (hedge)
9) (done) in a hurry and without organization; a tall spiral slide in a fairground etc (helter-skelter)
10) a kind of tall climbing plant used to make beer; to jump on one foot (hop)