straightedge

1. 1.

   hand tool consisting of a flat rigid rectangular bar (metal or wood) that can be used to draw straight lines (or test their straightness)

   Broaderhand tool

Other forms of straightedge

plural

straightedges·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about straightedge

What does straightedge mean?

straightedge means "hand tool consisting of a flat rigid rectangular bar (metal or wood) that can be used to draw straight lines (or test their straightness)".

How many syllables are in straightedge?

straightedge has 2 syllables: straigh-tedge. The stress falls on "straigh". In IPA it is /ˈstɹeɪˌtɛdʒ/.

Is straightedge a common word?

straightedge 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.