chest height

collocation in English

meaningsofchestandheight

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chest
noun[C]
uk
/tʃest/us
/tʃest/
the upper front part of the body of humans and some animals, between the stomach and the neck, containing the heart ...
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height
noun[C or U]
uk
/haɪt/us
/haɪt/
the distance from the top to the bottom of something, or the quality of ...
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(Definition ofchestandheightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I understand that a felling licence is not required in the case of coppice or underwood below 15 cm in diameter, measured atchestheight.
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It applies to all coppice woodland with a diameter atchestheightof under 15 cm.
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We believe that it should be about a foot below the surface; a metre high orchestheightfor a fully grown adult—perhaps one should say, a fully grown man.
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In practice, however, the water level rises to at leastchestheight.
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Trees in this section range up to in diameter atchestheightand are upwards of 300 years-old.
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The rope can be on the ground, atchestheight(above the knees, below the neck), or overhead.
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Their cabins are usually hollow cylinder, open fromchestheightup, with a floor and a cover on the top.
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They are usually felled when they are around 15 cm wide atchestheight, this takes from 8 to 20 years.
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Atchestheight, it is 9.6 m around and 3.0 m across.
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The instrument is held under one arm atchestheightwith the help of a shoulder strap.
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The first is the air temp atchestheight.
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