six foot
The area between the closest rails of two parallel standard gauge railway lines,…The area between the closest rails of two parallel standard gauge railway lines, regardless of the actual distance.
» He is almost six feet tall.
Er ist fast sechs Fuß groß. — MUIRIEL
Он почти шести футов росту. — Alexword
Він майже шість футів на зріст. — uaspeaker
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1 senses(colloquial, uncountable)The area between the closest rails of two parallel standard gauge railway lines, regardless of the actual distance.
Examples
50 sentencesHe is almost six feet tall.
Він майже шість футів на зріст. — uaspeaker
ruОн почти шести футов росту. — Alexword
deEr ist fast sechs Fuß groß. — MUIRIEL
Tom is about six feet tall.
Том приблизно шість футів на зріст. — deniko
Tom is six foot tall.
Том шість футів на зріст. — deniko
ruТом шести футов ростом. — marafon
Tom is almost six feet tall.
ruТом почти шести футов ростом. — odexed
deTom ist fast sechs Fuß groß. — pullnosemans
Tom is approximately six feet tall.
Origin
From the nominal distance of six feet between two adjacent railway lines in Great Britain.From the nominal distance of six feet between two adjacent railway lines in Great Britain.
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Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.