floor-length

adjective

ˈflȯr-ˌleŋ(k)th How to pronounce floor-length (audio)
-ˌlen(t)th
: reaching to the floor
a floor-length gown

Examples of floor-length in a Sentence

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Grande wore the floor-length gown with a matching shawl draped over her forearms. Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025 Inject some playfulness into your evening garb with a bold red halter dress or a floor-length dress with sleeves, which is ideal for indoor-outdoor winter gatherings. Kristina Rutkowski, Glamour, 10 Dec. 2025 At the New York premiere of her upcoming film, , Sweeney arrived alongside co-star Amanda Seyfried wearing a low-cut, glitzy silver Miu Miu floor-length gown, finished with a dramatic feather boa. Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025 De Shields showed Broderick a photo of his Tartuffe costume—a floor-length red cassock worn with sunglasses and sparkly bling. Henry Alford, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for floor-length

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of floor-length was in 1939

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“Floor-length.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floor-length. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.

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