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Definition of low-rise adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

low-rise

adjective

[only before noun]

1(of a building) low, with only a few floors low-rise housing

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2(of a pair of jeans, etc.) cut so that the top is much lower than the waist

low-rise noun compare high-rise

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