waist-high
Reaching your middle
Waist-high describes something reaching to the level of a person's waist: The flood waters rose waist-high.
It typically modifies barriers, vegetation, or accumulations: waist-high grass, waist-high snow, a waist-high wall.
The compound suggests a convenient or notable threshold—high enough to impede but not to overwhelm.
Abdomen's front surface
- beltedEncircled at waist
- peplumFlared waist extension
- hemlineGarment's lowest edge
- sashWaist-worn cloth strip
bodice · sarong · wrap · skirt · culottes · dirndl · kilt · gauchos
Narrow-leaved ground cover
- weedsUnwanted wild plants
- brushBristled cleaning tool
- shrubsLow woody plants
- fernsSpore-bearing vascular plants
wildflowers · wheat · corn · reeds · bamboo · heather · bracken · sagebrush
Horizontal safety bar
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
- guardrailRoadside safety barrier
- balustradeRail supported by posts
- banisterStairway handrail support
handrail · parapet · partition · gate · turnstile · barricade · cordon · bollard
Traversing shallow water on foot
- riverLarge flowing watercourse
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- surfWaves near shore
- tideOcean's cyclical swell
swamp · marsh · creek · stream · rapids · shallows · current · estuary
midriff
Abdomen's front surface
sash · bodice · sarong · wrap · skirt · culottes · dirndl · kilt · gauchos · cummerbund
grass
Narrow-leaved ground cover
ferns · wildflowers · wheat · corn · reeds · bamboo · heather · bracken · sagebrush · prairie
railing
Horizontal safety bar
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
- guardrailRoadside safety barrier
- balustradeRail supported by posts
banister · handrail · parapet · partition · gate · turnstile · barricade · cordon · bollard · stanchion
wading
Traversing shallow water on foot
tide · swamp · marsh · creek · stream · rapids · shallows · current · estuary · lagoon
counter
Flat service surface
- consoleComfort in distress
- sideboardFurniture for dishes and linens
- credenzaStorage cabinet for serving
buffet · dresser · workbench · vanity · bureau · cabinet · bookshelf · pedestal · lectern · bar
drift
Gradual movement, no direction
- powderFine dry particles
- snowbankAccumulated frozen precipitation pile
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
dune · accumulation · snowfall · snowpack · pile · mound · flurry · buried · shoveling · plowing
waist-highfloor-level
At the surface below
ground-level · overhead · knee-high · towering · underfoot
waist-hightowering
Of imposing height
soaring · sky-high · floor-level · ground-level · low-lying
waist, high, waists, waisted, higher, highest, highly, height, heights