Standee

Quick meaning: Standee is a noun meaning Somebody who is forced to stand up, for example, on a crowded bus.

Meaning

Somebody who is forced to stand up, for example, on a crowded bus.

More Meanings

1. A board game piece made of upright cardboard inserted into a plastic base.
2. (military) A kind of stackable bunk for sleeping.
3. A free-standing, rigid print, usually of a person or character (often life-sized), meant as a representation of a 3d object, commonly displayed for advertising and promotional purposes.

Example Sentences

He took a picture of me with a standee of Darth Vader at the premiere of Star Wars: Episode III.

I've always found the best thing to do with standees is to stick a small strip of clear tape to the edge of the cardboard that will be inserted into the stand. This prevents the shredding/tearing problem.

Recently I received a letter from Mr. A. H. Maclean, who travelled north by the 11-coach "Flying Scotsman", and remarked that the train "was filled to capacity and we were forced to stand in the corridor"—for nearly 270 miles— [...] Obviously the diesel was working well below her load capacity on this schedule and some addition to the formation ought to have been made to accommodate the standees.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for standee

Depending on context, synonyms include cut-out.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stander, upstander, grandstander, understudy, under-stander, staller.

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