Meanings
nountape measure (plural tape measures)
plural tape measures
- A graduated flexible ribbon used for measuring lengths.
Reappearing, tape-measure in hand, he went into the bedroom and took slow and accurate measurements, whistling delightedly to find that his pre-mortem theoretical calculations and post-mortem practical measurements hardly varied.
1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 126Synonyms: measuring tape
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA graduated flexible ribbon used for measuring lengths.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounmeasuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths
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Translations
Arabic شَرْيِط قِيَاس
- شَرْيِط قِيَاس (šaryiṭ qiyās)graduated ribbon for length measurement
Bulgarian шивашки метър, рулетка
- шивашки метър (šivaški metăr)graduated ribbon for length measurement
- рулетка (ruletka)graduated ribbon for length measurement
Catalan cinta mètrica
- cinta mètricagraduated ribbon for length measurement
Chinese Mandarin 捲尺 /卷尺, 皮尺
- 捲尺 /卷尺 (juǎnchǐ)graduated ribbon for length measurement
- 皮尺 (píchǐ)graduated ribbon for length measurement
Czech metr, pásmo
- metrgraduated ribbon for length measurement
- pásmograduated ribbon for length measurement
- svinovací metrgraduated ribbon for length measurement
Danish målebånd
- målebåndgraduated ribbon for length measurement
Dutch meetlint, centimeter
- meetlintgraduated ribbon for length measurement
- centimetergraduated ribbon for length measurement
- rolmaat (self-retracting)graduated ribbon for length measurement
Esperanto mezurbendo
- mezurbendograduated ribbon for length measurement
Estonian mõõdulint
- mõõdulintgraduated ribbon for length measurement
Finnish mittanauha
- mittanauhagraduated ribbon for length measurement
French mètre ruban, ruban à mesurer
- mètre rubangraduated ribbon for length measurement
- ruban à mesurergraduated ribbon for length measurement
German Maßband
- Maßbandgraduated ribbon for length measurement
Greek μεζούρα, μετροταινία
- μεζούρα (mezoúra)graduated ribbon for length measurement
- μετροταινία (metrotainía)graduated ribbon for length measurement
Hebrew סרט מידה
- סרט מידהgraduated ribbon for length measurement
Hindi मापक फीता
- मापक फीता (māpak phītā)graduated ribbon for length measurement
Hungarian mérőszalag, centiméter
- mérőszalaggraduated ribbon for length measurement
- centimétergraduated ribbon for length measurement
- centigraduated ribbon for length measurement
Icelandic málband
- málbandgraduated ribbon for length measurement
Indonesian pita ukur
- pita ukurgraduated ribbon for length measurement
Irish miosúr
- miosúrgraduated ribbon for length measurement
Italian metro a nastro
- metro a nastrograduated ribbon for length measurement
Japanese メジャー, 巻き尺
- メジャー (mejā)graduated ribbon for length measurement
- 巻き尺 (makijaku)graduated ribbon for length measurement
Korean 줄자
- 줄자 (julja)graduated ribbon for length measurement
Malay pita ukur
- pita ukurgraduated ribbon for length measurement
Māori taura ine, rūri tākai
- taura inegraduated ribbon for length measurement
- rūri tākaigraduated ribbon for length measurement
Norwegian Bokmål målebånd
- målebåndgraduated ribbon for length measurement
Polish taśma miernicza, metrówka
- taśma mierniczagraduated ribbon for length measurement
- metrówkagraduated ribbon for length measurement
- miarkagraduated ribbon for length measurement
Portuguese fita métrica, trena
- fita métricagraduated ribbon for length measurement
- trenagraduated ribbon for length measurement
Romanian ruletă
- ruletăgraduated ribbon for length measurement
Russian метр, сантиме́тр
- метр (metr)graduated ribbon for length measurement
- сантиме́тр (santimétr)graduated ribbon for length measurement
- ме́рная ле́нта (mérnaja lénta)graduated ribbon for length measurement
- руле́тка (rulétka)graduated ribbon for length measurement
Scottish Gaelic ribean-tomhais
- ribean-tomhaisgraduated ribbon for length measurement
Spanish metro, cinta métrica
- metrograduated ribbon for length measurement
- cinta métricagraduated ribbon for length measurement
- flexómetrograduated ribbon for length measurement
- lienzagraduated ribbon for length measurement
- cinta de/para medirgraduated ribbon for length measurement
Swedish måttband
- måttbandgraduated ribbon for length measurement
Tagalog medida, panukat
- medidagraduated ribbon for length measurement
- panukatgraduated ribbon for length measurement
Tamil அளக்கும் நாடா
- அளக்கும் நாடா (aḷakkum nāṭā)graduated ribbon for length measurement
Thai สายวัด, ตลับเมตร
- สายวัด (sǎai-wát)graduated ribbon for length measurement
- ตลับเมตรgraduated ribbon for length measurement
Turkish şerit metre, mezura
- şerit metregraduated ribbon for length measurement
- mezuragraduated ribbon for length measurement
Vietnamese thước dây
- thước dâygraduated ribbon for length measurement
Welsh tâp mesur
- tâp mesurgraduated ribbon for length measurement
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Chicago
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