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try-square

try-square is the alternative form of try square.

Meaning of try square

Noun

try square (plural try squares)

  1. A tool used to measure if a piece of wood is at right angle; a carpenter's square.

Forms of try-square

pluraltry-squares

Questions about try-square

What is try-square the alternative form of?
Try-square is the alternative form of try square.

Words near try-square in the dictionary

  1. try-outs
  2. try-pot
  3. try-pots
  4. try-scorer
  5. try-scorers
  6. try-square
  7. try-work
  8. try-works
  9. tryable
  10. tryal
  11. tryall

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Adapted from Wiktionary: try-square (page history and authors); try square (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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