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tape measure

noun as in measuring tape

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Finally, the hook can be stored inside of the tape measure when not in use so it doesn’t snag on anything.

We considered ten brands and 10 products when picking the best tape measures.

While you may only need the features of a regular tape measure for your work, laser tape measures offer better accuracy and can measure further distances but can also be recalibrated.

You can measure the circumference of your head with a soft tape measure and then check with the bike-helmet manufacturer for guidance on the correct size helmet to order.

Currently, employees from the Wayne, Pennsylvania-based company measure trees with tape measures, a laborious undertaking.

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In the moral world—so far as it is a world of great achievement—the tape-measure is out of place.

A tape measure furnished certain distances which were recorded upon the back of an envelope.

In the computation of avoirdupois and of the tape-measure, this was the greatest figure that ever travelled the Great North Road.

We have been putting our tape-measure about it, and find it forty-three inches in girth; and for shapely beauty it has no equal.

Already he had out his tape-measure and sketch-book, making observations and recording measurements.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tape measure, such as: metal rule, meterstick, tape, and tapeline.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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