HyperDic: tape_measure

English > 1 sense of the expression tape measure:
NOUNartifacttape measure, tape, tapelinemeasuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths
English > tape measure: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaningmeasuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths.
Example"the carpenter should have used his tape measure"
Synonymstape, tapeline
Broadermeasuring instrument, measuring system, measuring deviceinstrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something
Spanishcinta métrica, metro, tapeline
Catalancinta mètrica, metre, tapeline

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