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MAN-SIZED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does man-sized mean?
• MAN-SIZED (adjective)
The adjective MAN-SIZED has 2 senses:
1. calling for the strength of a man
2. very large; appropriate to the size of a man
Familiarity information: MAN-SIZED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Calling for the strength of a man
Context example:
a man-sized job
Similar:
manful; manlike; manly (possessing qualities befitting a man)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Very large; appropriate to the size of a man
Context example:
a man-sized piece of cake
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
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