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TAPELINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tapeline mean?
• TAPELINE (noun)
The noun TAPELINE has 1 sense:
1. measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths
Familiarity information: TAPELINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
tape; tape measure; tapeline
Context example:
the carpenter should have used his tape measure
Hypernyms ("tapeline" is a kind of...):
measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)
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