tall

[US]/tɔːl/
[UK]/tɔl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. having a great height; having a great length; exaggerated
adv. in an exaggerated manner

Phrases & Collocations

Tall buildings

Tall trees

tall building

walk tall

tall tree

stand tall

tall oil

tall order

tall grass

tall fescue

tall story

tall ship

tall tale

tall structures

Example Sentences

a tall blonde woman.

the crowd of tall buildings.

a tall man in an overcoat.

Mary was tall and fair.

tall:Find a tall oil in the tallboy from the timber is tall order,tall story and tall talk.

the clink of ice in tall glasses.

a tall, hefty wrestler.

a tall, sturdy six-footer.

a tall woman of about forty.

a tall youth with broad shoulders.

the tall spouts of geysers.

a tall, thin man with a stoop.

how tall are you?.

a tall order to fill.

a teller of tall tales.

That tall actor is a dishy man.

Real-world Examples

Standing 81 feet tall, it is the tallest indoor waterfall in the world.

Source: Travel around the world

This is very tall. Very tall.

Source: Blue little koala

Long ago Dr yuan had a dream about rice plants as tall as sorghum.

Source: People's Education Press High School English Required Volume 4

They are very tall, so they can eat from tall trees.

Source: Beijing Normal University New Curriculum Reform Junior High School English Grade 7 Volume 2

Am I as small as a mushroom, or is the mushroom as tall as me?

Source: Drama: Alice in Wonderland

Minsu is the tallest in our class.

Source: American Family Universal Parent-Child English

It would be around 445 meters tall.

Source: VOA Special July 2023 Collection

We're very, very tall, we're supermodels.

Source: Celebrity Speech Compilation

And they aren't likely to get any taller.

Source: Past exam papers of the English reading section for the postgraduate entrance examination (English I).

My nephew is almost as tall as me now!

Source: Oxford University: IELTS Foreign Teacher Course

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