Definitions for knee-high
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
knee′-high′(adj.)
as high as the knees.
(n.)Also, knee′-hi`. a sock or stocking that reaches to just below the knees.
Category: Clothing
Origin of knee-high:
1735–45
Princeton's WordNet
knee-high, knee-hi(adverb)
a sock or stocking that reaches up to just below the knees
knee-deep, knee-high(adverb)
up to the knees
"we were standing knee-deep in the water"
Wiktionary
knee-high(Noun)
A sock or stocking that reaches to the knees.
knee-high(Adjective)
Something that reaches to the height of one's knees.
The corn is knee-high.
Origin: From knee + high.
Webster Dictionary
Knee-high(adj)
rising or reaching upward to the knees; as, the water is knee-high
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