measuring stick

What does measuring stick mean?

measuring stick means "measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements".

What is another word for measuring stick?

Close synonyms include measure, measuring rod. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is measuring stick a common word?

measuring stick is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for measuring stick come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.