tape measure

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A graduated flexible ribbon used for measuring lengths.

Equivalents

Españolcinta métrica flexómetro guinchalienza metro wincha

Françaismètre ruban ruban à mesurer

DeutschMaßband

33 more languages

العربيةشَرْيِط قِيَاس

Българскирулетка

བོད་སྐད།ཁྲེ་རྩེ་སྒྲིལ་མ

Bosanskimetro trena метро

Catalàcinta mètrica

Češtinametr pásmo

Danskmålebånd

Ελληνικάμεζούρα μετροταινία ταινία

Suomimittanauha rullamitta

Gaeilgemiosúr

Gàidhligribean-tomhais

Galegometro

हिन्दीफ़ीता मापक

Hrvatskimetro trena метро

Magyarcenti centiméter mérőszalag

Íslenskamálband

Italianometro a nastro

日本語コンベックスメジャー巻き尺

ქართულირულეტი

한국어줄자

Kurdîmetro

Македонскиметро

Монголметр

Nederlandscentimeter meetlint rolmaat (self-retracting)

Polskicentymetr metr metrówkametrum miarka taśma miernicza

Portuguêsfita métrica trena

Românăruletă

Русскийме́рная ле́нта метр рулеткасантиметр

Српскиmetro trena метро

Svenskamåttband

Tagalogmedida panukat

Türkçeşerit metre

Tiếng Việtthước dây

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

tape painting tape player tape recorder tape recording tape safe tape tree

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