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tape measures

tape measures is the plural of tape measure.

Meaning of tape measure

Noun

tape measure (plural tape measures)

  1. A graduated flexible ribbon used for measuring lengths.
    • Reappearing, tape-measure in hand, he went into the bedroom and took slow and accurate measurements, whistling delightedly to find that his pre-mortem theoretical calculations and post-mortem practical measurements hardly varied.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 126
    Synonyms:
    measuring tape

Questions about tape measures

What is tape measures the plural of?
Tape measures is the plural of tape measure.

Words near tape measures in the dictionary

  1. tape libraries
  2. tape library
  3. tape machine
  4. tape machines
  5. tape measure
  6. tape measures
  7. tape off
  8. tape out
  9. tape over
  10. tape painting
  11. tape player

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