meter

Definitions

1. US standard spelling of metre (“unit of measure”).
   US, alt-of, countable, standard, uncountable
2. US standard spelling of metre (“the rhythm or measure in language”).
   US, alt-of, countable, standard, uncountable
3. A device that measures things. A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment
4. A device that measures things.
   countable, uncountable
5. A poem.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
6. A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment
7. A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.
   countable, uncountable
8. One who metes or measures.
   countable, dated, uncountable
9. One who metes or measures
10. A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
    US, countable, uncountable
11. A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it
12. To measure with a metering device

Equivalents

Examples

“gas meter”

“a labouring coal-meter”

“No trees have⟳ grown on the windswept Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean for tens of thousands of years — just shrubs and other low-lying vegetation. That’s why a recent arboreal discovery nearly 20 feet (6 meters) beneath the ground caught researchers’ attention.”

“A meter of […]berses in the Utopian tongue”

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