yardstick
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| —n | |
| 1. | a measure or standard used for comparison: on what kind of yardstick is he basing his criticism? |
| 2. | a graduated stick, one yard long, used for measurement |
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Yardstick
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Example sentences
By that yardstick too, the world is quickly becoming older.
Take out a yardstick and measure the distances between different students' hands and heads.
Then, holding the yardstick vertically, walk across the stream and measure the water depth at one-foot increments.
For example, market share was the main goal and yardstick of such structures.
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