Dictionary Check: long
"long" is a valid word!
Scrabble
5
points
Words with Friends
8
points
Definition
adjective
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
Example:
"a long life"
adjective
primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
Example:
"a long road"
adjective
of relatively great height
Example:
"a race of long gaunt men"
adjective
good at remembering
Example:
"a retentive mind"
adjective
holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
Example:
"is long on coffee"
adjective
(of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
Example:
"the English vowel sounds in βbateβ, βbeatβ, βbiteβ, βboatβ, βbootβ are long"
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