What does tape measure mean?

tape measure means "measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths".

What is another word for tape measure?

Close synonyms include tape, tapeline. 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 tape measure a common word?

tape measure 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.

tape measure — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths
“the carpenter should have used his tape measure”
Synonymstape tapeline
Broadermeasuring instrument

Questions about tape measure

What does tape measure mean?: tape measure means "measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths".
What is another word for tape measure?: Close synonyms include tape, tapeline. 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.

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