Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A tape of cloth, paper, or steel marked off in a linear scale, as of inches or centimeters, for taking measurements. Also called tapeline.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths
Examples
“At tree No. 129, de Britez takes out a tape measure and unspools it around the trunk.”
“We measure the biomass of these trees and their carbon sequestration," de Britez says as a ranger picks up the other end of the tape measure and writes down No. 129's stats.”
“Balthazzar took out his tape measure and slid it around her waist, and chest, and even her upper arms, and shook his head.”
“Young Lapointe took notes solemnly while Janvier unrolled his steel tape measure and called off figures.”
“Sketching floor plans on the back of a pizza box, he paced the living room, tape measure in hand.”
“English and Negrone brought a tape measure and camera and walked around the scene, snapping pictures and measuring the gangways and garage and distances from the alley.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tape measure’.
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A very wide category. There are possibly tens of thousands tool words in each of the world's languages.
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measure for measure
Things that can be used to measure other things.
osmometer, thermometer, spectrometer, ruler, rain gauge, ph meter, spectrophotometer, odometer, tachometer, compass, brannock device, tape measure and 51 more...
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