2.271 prepositional phrases after measurements

Similarly, some measurement nouns can be followed by prepositional phrases beginning with 'in'.

• ...a block of ice one cubic foot in size.
• I put on nearly a stone in weight.
• They are thirty centimetres in length.
• ...deposits measuring up to a kilometre in thickness.
• It was close on ten feet in height.

Here is a list of prepositional phrases used after measurements:

• in area, in depth, in distance, in height, in length, in size, in thickness, in volume, in weight, in width