"straightedge" meaning in English

See straightedge in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more straightedge [comparative], most straightedge [superlative]
Etymology: Compound of straight + edge. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|straight|edge}} Compound of straight + edge Head templates: {{en-adj}} straightedge (comparative more straightedge, superlative most straightedge)
  1. Alternative spelling of straight edge. Wikidata QID: Q1215 Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: straight edge Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-straightedge-en-adj-en:Q1215 Disambiguation of Personality: 72 28

Noun

Forms: straightedges [plural]
Etymology: Compound of straight + edge. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|straight|edge}} Compound of straight + edge Head templates: {{en-noun}} straightedge (plural straightedges)
  1. A flat, rectangular tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines. Wikidata QID: Q354733 Categories (topical): Tools Synonyms: straight edge Translations (tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines): مِيزَان زِئْبَقِيّ (mīzān ziʔbaqiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), линеал (lineal) [masculine] (Bulgarian), viivain (Finnish), Richtscheit [neuter] (German), Richtlineal [neuter] (German), Lineal [neuter] (German), ρίγα (ríga) [feminine] (Greek), vonalzó (Hungarian), szintezővonalzó (Hungarian), szintezőléc (Hungarian), felületsimaság-vizsgáló (Hungarian), ellenőrző vonalzó/léc (Hungarian), прави́ло (pravílo) (Russian), rätskiva [common-gender] (Swedish), stripöm (Volapük), llinellydd [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-straightedge-en-noun-en:Q354733 Disambiguation of Tools: 19 81 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Volapük translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 20 80

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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