"tallboy" meaning in All languages combined

See tallboy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: en-us-tallboy.oga Forms: tallboys [plural], tall boy [alternative], tall-boy [alternative]
Etymology: By surface analysis, tall + boy, but the furniture sense may have been originally modeled after lowboy, related to French bois (“wood”). Etymology templates: {{surf|en|tall|boy}} By surface analysis, tall + boy, {{der|en|fr|bois||wood}} French bois (“wood”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tallboy (plural tallboys)
  1. (furniture) A tall chest of drawers, or combination of chest on chest, or chest with a small wardrobe on top. Usually with low bracket feet but always resulting in a tall piece of furniture. Coordinate_terms: lowboy
    Sense id: en-tallboy-en-noun-3wv5oXlb Categories (other): Furniture, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Containers, Furniture Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 22 4 17 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 10 3 22 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 20 3 19 21 Disambiguation of Containers: 34 26 4 23 14 Disambiguation of Furniture: 89 2 5 2 2 Topics: furniture, lifestyle
  2. (US) A tall beer can, either 16 or 24 ounces (473 or 710ml). Tags: US
    Sense id: en-tallboy-en-noun-nfQqq4Vl Categories (other): American English, Beer Disambiguation of Beer: 1 97 0 1 1
  3. (nautical) A kind of sail, a spanker.
    Sense id: en-tallboy-en-noun-uZS6WRL~ Categories (other): Nautical Topics: nautical, transport
  4. A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup.
    Sense id: en-tallboy-en-noun-ysNumfqA
  5. A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.
    Sense id: en-tallboy-en-noun-IbC6kZIF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: highboy, lowboy, carboy

Inflected forms

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