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(of a person, mountain etc) above the average or usual height

high in stature, length

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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)

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