sized
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
size1
▶noun
- 1 a thing's overall dimensions or magnitude.
- 2 each of the classes into which garments or other articles are divided according to how large they are.
- 1 alter or sort in terms of size or according to size.
- 2 (size something up) estimate or measure something's dimensions.
- 3 (size someone/thing up) informal form an estimate or rough judgement of someone or something.
– phrases
of a size (of two or more people or things) having the same dimensions.
that's the size of it informal that is the truth about a situation, however unpalatable.
to size to the dimensions wanted.
of a size (of two or more people or things) having the same dimensions.
that's the size of it informal that is the truth about a situation, however unpalatable.
to size to the dimensions wanted.
– derivatives
-sized (also -size) adjective,
sizer noun.
-sized (also -size) adjective,
sizer noun.
– origin ME (also in the sense ‘assize, ordinance fixing a rate of payment’): from OFr. sise, from assise ‘ordinance’, or a shortening of assize.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
size2
▶noun a gelatinous solution used in glazing paper, stiffening textiles, and preparing plastered walls for decoration. ▶verb treat with size.
'sized' also found in these Oxford entries:
aardvark
- bite-sized
- black bear
- boxer
- cannellini bean
- catamount
- compact car
- container
- dholak
- enprint
- flock wallpaper
- fulmar
- grouse
- half-tone
- -ile
- jack plane
- king-sized
- life-size
- macaque
- mangabey
- mesocephalic
- monkey
- mulgara
- notepad
- ocelot
- pineal gland
- pint-sized
- pituitary
- queen-sized
- rambutan
- roller
- sashimi
- serotine
- size
- SME
- thrush
- tom-tom
- wallet
- yacht

