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tape measure

[ teyp mezh-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Also called tape·line [teyp, -lahyn]. a long, flexible strip or ribbon, as of cloth or metal, marked with subdivisions of the foot or meter and used for measuring.

Also tape-meas·ure. Baseball. (of a hit) having traveled so remarkably far that the distance, usually only estimated, is worth noting:
This kid’s got so much power, even his foul balls are tape-measure shots.

tape measure

a tape or length of metal marked off in inches, centimetres, etc, used principally for measuring and fitting garments Also called (esp US)tapeline

First recorded in 1835–45 tape measure fordef 1, and in 1950–55 tape measure fordef 2

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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