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Vertical space available to allow easy passage under something
Answer for the clue "Vertical space available to allow easy passage under something ", 8 letters:
headroom
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Headroom is an album by American singer-songwriter Don McLean , released in 1991.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. vertical space available to allow easy passage under something [syn: headway , clearance ] the capacity of a system to reproduce loud sounds without distortion [syn: dynamic headroom ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But once they're there, once you've given them headroom , they seem pretty determined to stick around. ▪ Legroom is generous, and headroom reasonably good. ▪ Once fully open there is 25m headroom above the river's 30m wide navigation ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Headroom \Head"room`\ (-r[=oo]m`), n. (Arch.) See Headway , 2. [Mostly Brit.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"space above the head," 1851, from head (n.) + room (n.).
Usage examples of headroom.
Overhead rammers, sponges and wormers were held up in racks, restricting even more the limited headroom.
A large and fairly comfortable cabin was built into the afterpart of the ship, partly lowered into the hold to give it more headroom without rising too high above the deck.
Just getting into one of those backbreakers took a certain amount of gymnastic skill, and the headroom was so small it was all but impossible to turn over.
We had three tanks, four armored personnel carriers modified into fighting vehicles (ACAVs), an APC with added headroom and radios (a command track), and a light recovery vehicle that we called a cherrypicker though it had just a crane, not a bucket.
The effect on the French soldiers would be terrifying: the fact they weren't used to the half-darkness and low headroom of a frigate's gun deck put them at a disadvantage.