Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - -size

or -sized 1. You can use -size or -sized in combination with nouns to form adjectives which indicate that something is the same size as something else. ...golfball-sized lumps of coarse black rock. COMB in ADJ 2. You can use -size or -sized in combination with adjectives to form adjectives which describe the size of something. ...full-size gymnasiums. ...a medium-sized college. COMB in ADJ 3. You can use -size or -sized in combination with nouns to form adjectives which indicate that something is big enough or small enough to be suitable for a particular job or purpose. ...a small passport-size photograph. ...a child-sized knife. COMB in ADJ