Library / English Dictionary

OUTSIZE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unusual garment size (especially one that is very large)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("outsize" is a kind of...):

size (the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing))

Derivation:

outsize (larger than normal for its kind)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Larger than normal for its kind

Synonyms:

outsize; outsized; oversize; oversized

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

Derivation:

outsize (an unusual garment size (especially one that is very large))

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