tall

If something is tall, its height is high. The measurement is vertical from the bottom to the top.

• A skyscraper is a tall building.
• Basketball players are usually tall.
• Tall trees provide protection for plants and animals.
• A tall ladder is needed to reach areas of a building that are very high.
• There are advantages and disadvantages for people who are tall.

When talking about a person’s height, the word "tall" is used:

• How tall are you?
• Do you know how tall you are?
• I’m five feet, eleven inches tall.
• Jessica is six feet tall. That’s very tall for a woman.
• Jessica is taller than I am.

Here are a few other ways to use the word "tall."

• For astronauts to visit Mars and return to Earth will be a very tall order. (That will be difficult to do.)
• A tall boy is a sixteen-ounce beverage in a can.
• Stories about Paul Bunyan are tall tales. (tall tale = a tremendously exaggerated story)

Paul Bunyan was very tall.

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October 19, 2018