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adj.1.short and thick; especially having short legs and heavy musculature; - of people.
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Adj.1.low-set - short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure"
short, little - low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
2.low-set - lower than average; "lowset ears"; "a stocky low-set animal"
low - literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"


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In twin rows, low-set ears really slow down harvest with a 30" corn head.
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Except where a brick-paved drive drops to the garage and front door by it, all that is visible from the road behind the house are the low-set white vaults of its roof and a tall sculptural chimney rising beyond.
 
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