English Dictionary
◊ TALL
tall
adj 1: great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people";
"tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships" [ant: {short}]
2: lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never
really realizes what he is saying" [syn: {grandiloquent},
{magniloquent}]
3: (informal) impressively difficult; "a tall order" [syn: {tall(a)}]
4: too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story" [syn: {improbable},
{marvelous}, {marvellous}, {tall(a)}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ TALL
TALL
TAC List Language.
["TALL - A List Processor for the Philco 2000", J. Feldman,
CACM 5(9):484-485 (Sep 1962)].
(1995-03-01)