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/flawr"lengkth', -length', flohr"-/, adj.extending to the floor: a floor-length skirt. Cf. full-length.[1935-40]
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floor-length — adj [only before noun] long enough to reach the floor ▪ floor length curtains ▪ a floor length skirt … Dictionary of contemporary English
floor-length — floor ,length adjective a floor length curtain, dress, etc. hangs so that it almost reaches the floor … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
floor-length — floor′ length adj. clo extending to the floor, as a skirt • Etymology: 1935–40 … From formal English to slang
floor-length — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : reaching to the floor floor length draperies * * * /flawr lengkth , length , flohr /, adj. extending to the floor: a floor length skirt. Cf. full length. [1935 40] * * * floor length UK US adjective a floor length curtain,… … Useful english dictionary
floor-length — adjective Date: 1939 reaching to the floor < a floor length gown > … New Collegiate Dictionary
floor-length — adjective long enough to reach the floor: a floor length evening gown … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
floor-length — UK / US adjective a floor length curtain, dress etc hangs so that it almost reaches the floor … English dictionary
floor-length — adj. Floor length is used with these nouns: ↑dress, ↑gown … Collocations dictionary
floor-length — adjective That reaches to the floor … Wiktionary
length — /lengkth, length, lenth/, n. 1. the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end: the length of a river. 2. the measure of the greatest dimension of a plane or solid figure. 3. extent from beginning to end of a series, enumeration,… … Universalium
