CARPENTER'S LEVEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carpenter's level mean? 

• CARPENTER'S LEVEL (noun)
  The noun CARPENTER'S LEVEL has 1 sense:

1. a straight bar of light metal with a spirit level in it

  Familiarity information: CARPENTER'S LEVEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARPENTER'S LEVEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A straight bar of light metal with a spirit level in it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("carpenter's level" is a kind of...):

bar (a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon)

Meronyms (parts of "carpenter's level"):

level; spirit level (indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carpenter's level"):

plumb level (a carpenter's level with a plumb line at right angles to it)