Definition of "knee-high" in Englisch

adjective

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see knee, high: reaching to the height of a person's knees.

   • Near-synonym: knee-deep
   • knee-high by the Fourth of July
   • The corn is knee-high.

2. (figurative) Very young.

noun

1. (US, usually in the plural) A sock or stocking that reaches to the knees; chiefly, women's nylon stockings that end slightly above the knee and are supported by garter belts.