~ is added to adjectives such as ‘long’ and ‘short’ to form adjectives which indicate that an item of clothing has long or short sleeves.
...a short~ blue shirt.
COMB in ADJ: usu ADJ n
~ is added to adjectives such as ‘long’ and ‘short’ to form adjectives which indicate that an item of clothing has long or short sleeves.
...a short~ blue shirt.
COMB in ADJ: usu ADJ n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012