

WHAT SIZE IS 140 IN CLOTHES FULL SIZE
▪ full size (=the largest size that something can have) Is this violin full size? ▪ sth’s original size The lake has already shrunk to half its original size. ▪ the sheer size of something (=used to emphasize that something is large) The sheer size of some dinosaurs is amazing. ▪ the large size of something They are very peaceful fish, despite their large size. ▪ the small size of something One problem was the very small size of the department. ▪ a good/fair/nice size (=fairly big) The garden is a good size. ▪ a different size Six towns of different sizes were selected for the research. ▪ the same size The water vole is about the same size as a rat. ⇨ cut somebody down to size at ↑ cut down(6), ⇨ try something on for size at ↑ try 1(2) PASTE ( also sizing) a thick sticky liquid used for giving stiffness and a shiny surface to cloth, paper etc, or used to prepare walls for ↑ wallpaper that’s about the size of it spoken used to agree that someone’s description of a situation is correctħ. The materials will be provided, and everything is already cut to size.Ħ. do something to size if you cut, make, or prepare something to size, you make it the right size for a particular use: Good-sized/fair-sized/decent-sized (=big enough for a particular purpose)ĥ. large-sized/medium-sized/pocket-size etc of a particular size, or about the same size and shape as something: The shirts come in three sizes: small, medium, and large.Ĥ. CLOTHES/GOODS one of a set of standard measures according to which clothes and other goods are produced and sold:

The sheer size of the classes makes learning difficult for students.ģ. VERY BIG used to say that something is very big These phones come in all shapes and sizes.Ģ. In all/different/various (shapes and) sizes We can’t give loans of that size to just anyone. In a class this size, there are bound to be a few troublemakers. (of) that/this size (=as big as that or this) The apartment is roughly 360 square feet in size. He’s quite a big dog, but he’s still not full size yet. I saw a spider the size of (=the same size as) my hand in the backyard. The firm underestimated the size of the market for their new product. The Jensens’ house is about the same size as ours. size 1 /saɪz/ 'British English' 'American English' nounġ.
