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inch

[inch] / ɪntʃ /
NOUN
one-twelfth of a foot/2.54 centimeters measured
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Burnaby was tall—6 feet 4 inches—and many said he was the strongest man in the British Army, capable of carrying a pony under each arm.

From The Wall Street Journal

There really are duck-sized horses, with this therapy horse at just 21 inches high.

From MarketWatch

The National Weather Service said the coastal storm could bring five to eight inches of snow to interior portions of the region.

From Barron's

German inflation climbed in November, despite French inflation holding steady and inflation in Spain and Italy inching lower.

From The Wall Street Journal

Like the men on the line, I pulled on white cotton gloves and, as the machine inched forward, began lifting watermelons from the ground, up onto the table above me where the packers waited.

From Los Angeles Times