Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word ten-foot.

Examples

  • However, you can't see any of it (even though you're crawling along at 10mph behind a Belgian caravanner with no sense of direction and no ability to check his mirrors) because of ten-foot hedgerows along 90% of the roads.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Dungeekin 2009

  • However, you can't see any of it (even though you're crawling along at 10mph behind a Belgian caravanner with no sense of direction and no ability to check his mirrors) because of ten-foot hedgerows along 90% of the roads.

    In Which Dungeekin is Bill Bryson... Dungeekin 2009

  • And the fact that building ten-foot fences on the border would only create a market for eleven-foot ladders shows Republicans like to ignore real solutions and love to play the race card.

    Dennis Jett: It's Time to Ignore Herman Cain Dennis Jett 2011

  • I think a ten-foot Na'vi warrior would easily have its way with a standard T-800 grade machine, though something like the T-1000 could be a little trickier.

    How Would The Na’vi Of ‘Avatar’ Stack Up Against James Cameron’s Other Creatures? » MTV Movies Blog 2009

  • That will mean watching and listening to a lot of programming you otherwise wouldn't get near with a ten-foot antenna.

    Ellis Weiner: Ads Infinitum: Countering the Citizens United Plague Ellis Weiner 2010

  • Standing on opposite sides of our painted wall, we continued to work our way toward the middle of the ten-foot piece, clipping it every six inches.

    Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011

  • To open up any tent space, you can ask your tent vendor to provide ten-foot side walls as opposed to the standard eight-foot, which will literally help raise the roof and make the tent feel bigger and bolder.

    My Fair Wedding David Tutera 2011

  • To open up any tent space, you can ask your tent vendor to provide ten-foot side walls as opposed to the standard eight-foot, which will literally help raise the roof and make the tent feel bigger and bolder.

    My Fair Wedding David Tutera 2011

  • Looking around we spotted a ten-foot length of rusted heavy wire, one end wrapped securely around a twenty-pound rock.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • That will mean watching and listening to a lot of programming you otherwise wouldn't get near with a ten-foot antenna.

    Ellis Weiner: Ads Infinitum: Countering the Citizens United Plague Ellis Weiner 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.