eight-foot

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• adjective

Measuring eight feet in length, width, height, or depth.

Example

"The carpenter loaded several eight-foot planks into the back of the truck."

Designating the standard pitch of a pipe organ or harpsichord stop corresponding to the open pipe of eight feet in length at bottom C, sounding at normal written pitch.

Example

"The organist engaged the eight-foot principal stop to support the congregational singing."

Word Nuance & Usage

Used attributively before a noun with the singular form 'foot' rather than 'feet', whereas 'eight feet' is used after a linking verb (e.g., 'an eight-foot fence' vs. 'the fence is eight feet tall').