"low-rise" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Referring to the low waistline. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} low-rise (not comparable)
  1. (fashion) Of lower body clothing: whose waistline does not reach the waist, but hangs along the hips. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Fashion, Clothing Translations (Translations): taille basse [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-low-rise-en-adj-L04VSUDe Disambiguation of Clothing: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English retronyms, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 88 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 91 9 Disambiguation of English retronyms: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 85 15 Topics: fashion, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: low-rises [plural]
Etymology: (architecture): A retronym created as an antonym to high-rise. Etymology templates: {{sense|architecture}} (architecture): Head templates: {{en-noun}} low-rise (plural low-rises)
  1. (architecture) A building of no more than a few stories. Categories (topical): Architecture, Clothing Synonyms: lowrise, low rise
    Sense id: en-low-rise-en-noun-L4sRwwrk Disambiguation of Clothing: 54 46 Topics: architecture
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for low-rise meaning in English (3.4kB)

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