DIPSTICK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dipstick mean? 

• DIPSTICK (noun)
  The noun DIPSTICK has 1 sense:

1. a graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the fluid level

  Familiarity information: DIPSTICK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIPSTICK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the fluid level

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dipstick" is a kind of...):

gage; gauge (a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.)