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Meaning of waist-deep | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

As deep as would reach to the waist (of a standing person).

not-comparable

Equivalents

Polski do pasa

Examples

“Near-synonym: waist-high”
“When the river broke through defenses near the city of Wuhan in Hopeh^([sic – meaning Hupeh]) Province, Peking Radio reported that 10,000 peasants with straw mats on their backs stood waist-deep in the water to form a human dike until their places could be filled with sandbags.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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