Synonyms for tape-measure


Grammar : Noun


Définition of tape-measure

  • As in tape measure : noun measuring tape
Example sentences :
  • But the brisk, courteous person with the dividers and tape-measure is reassuring.
  • Extract from : « The Perfect Gentleman » by Ralph Bergengren
  • The tape-measure, of course, was a most essential part of the outfit.
  • Extract from : « Our Pirate Hoard » by Thomas A. Janvier
  • This can be done with sufficient accuracy by the use of a tape-measure.
  • Extract from : « Voice Production in Singing and Speaking » by Wesley Mills
  • Augustus Meredith, no less than George, blushed for the tape-measure daily.
  • Extract from : « The Art of Letters » by Robert Lynd
  • "A tape-measure I had in my pocket," replied she, smiling affably the while (sensation).
  • Extract from : « Fanny Goes to War » by Pat Beauchamp
  • Mrs. McMurray arrived with a tape-measure, a pencil, and a notebook.
  • Extract from : « The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne » by William J. Locke
  • In the moral world—so far as it is a world of great achievement—the tape-measure is out of place.
  • Extract from : « Impressions And Comments » by Havelock Ellis
  • He looked up quickly from his thumb that marked a place on the tape-measure, and glanced from one to the other.
  • Extract from : « Aunt Jane » by Jennette Lee
  • One cannot go to buy a horse with a tape-measure, but certain proportions are well enough to keep in mind.
  • Extract from : « Riding and Driving » by Edward L. Anderson
  • 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.
  • Extract from : « Palmetto-Leaves » by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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