"overheight" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: over- + height Etymology templates: {{pre|en|over|height}} over- + height Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} overheight
  1. Higher than is standard or (transport, law, of a vehicle) higher than is allowed. Categories (topical): Law, Transport
    Sense id: en-overheight-en-adj-Dsp3ev8E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 53 47

Noun

Etymology: over- + height Etymology templates: {{pre|en|over|height}} over- + height Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} overheight (uncountable)
  1. (transport, law, of a vehicle) An excess of height. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Law, Transport Related terms: overweight, overwidth, overlength
    Sense id: en-overheight-en-noun-0~LtVzMw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 53 47 Topics: law, transport

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