Usually means: Height exceeding typical or average.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. tall: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. tall, tall: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tall: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. tall: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tall: Vocabulary.com
  6. Tall, t'all, tall: Wordnik
  7. tall: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. tall: Wiktionary
  9. tall: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. tall: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. tall: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. tall: Dictionary.com
  13. tall: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. tall: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Tall (surname), Tall: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Tall: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. tall: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. tall: Rhymezone
  19. tall: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. tall: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. TALL: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  22. tall: Free Dictionary
  23. tall: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. tall: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. tall: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  2. tall-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tall: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. TALL: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. TALL: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. tall: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. TALL: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. tall: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tall: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. tall: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Tall: A Seattle Lexicon
  3. tall: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See taller as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.
adjective:  (of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent.
adjective:  (of a story) Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.
adjective:  (chiefly US, of a cup of coffee) Smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces (~ 230 ml).
adjective:  (obsolete) Obsequious; obedient.
adjective:  (obsolete) Seemly; suitable; fitting, becoming, comely; attractive, handsome.
adjective:  (obsolete) Bold; brave; courageous; valiant.
adjective:  (archaic) Fine; proper; admirable; great; excellent.
noun:  (possibly nonstandard) Someone or something that is tall.
noun:  A clothing size for taller people.
noun:  A tall serving of a drink, especially one from Starbucks, which contains 12 ounces.

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