Word Image
plural: inches
Part Of Speech
noun
Word Meaning
a unit of length equal to ¹⁄₃₆ yard (2.54 centimeters); a small amount, distance, or degree
Word Family
inched
inching
Sentences
A measurement of one foot is equal to twelve inches.
My height is five feet and three inches.
The baby inched her way across the floor on her belly.
There are three feet, or 36 inches in a yard.
There’s an old saying: if you give them an inch, they’ll take a mile.
That wall is about half an inch taller than the other.
Honey locusts have wicked thorns on them – up to eight inches long.
We filled the jar with water and left an inch of room at the top.
My bookshelf is 24 inches wide, and 36 inches tall.
Traffic was inching along at a snail’s pace on the highway.
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