"tape measure" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-tape_measure.ogg [US] Forms: tape measures [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tape measure (plural tape measures)
  1. A graduated flexible ribbon used for measuring lengths. Wikipedia link: tape measure Categories (topical): Measuring instruments, Tools Synonyms: measuring tape Translations (graduated ribbon for length measurement): شَرْيِط قِيَاس (šaryiṭ qiyās) [masculine] (Arabic), مازورة (mazura) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), шивашки метър (šivaški metǎr) [masculine] (Bulgarian), рулетка (ruletka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 捲尺 (english: made of metal or steel, retractable) (Chinese Mandarin), 卷尺 (juǎnchǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 皮尺 (píchǐ) (english: made of linen or cloth, usually non-retractable) (Chinese Mandarin), metr [masculine] (Czech), pásmo [neuter] (Czech), målebånd [neuter] (Danish), meetlint (Dutch), centimeter (Dutch), mezurbendo (Esperanto), mõõdulint (Estonian), mittanauha (Finnish), mètre ruban [masculine] (French), ruban à mesurer [masculine] (French), საზომი ლენტი (sazomi lenṭi) (Georgian), ხვეულა (xveula) (Georgian), რულეტი (ruleṭi) (Georgian), Maßband [neuter] (German), μεζούρα (mezoúra) [feminine] (Greek), μετροταινία (metrotainía) [feminine] (Greek), סרט מידה (Hebrew), मापक फीता (māpak phītā) (Hindi), mérőszalag (Hungarian), centiméter [colloquial] (Hungarian), centi [colloquial] (Hungarian), málband [neuter] (Icelandic), pita ukur (Indonesian), miosúr [masculine] (Irish), metro a nastro [masculine] (Italian), メジャー (mejā) (Japanese), 巻き尺 (makijaku) (alt: まきじゃく) (Japanese), ಅಳತೆ ಪಟ್ಟಿ (aḷate paṭṭi) (Kannada), ម៉ែត្រមូរ (maet muu) (Khmer), ម៉ែត្រសំពត់ (maet sɑmpʊət) (Khmer), метро (metro) [neuter] (Macedonian), pita ukur (Malay), taura ine (Maori), rūri tākai (Maori), метр (metr) (note: pronounced 'metr'; general term) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), эвхдэг метр (evxdeg metr) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ороомол тохой (oroomol toxoj) (english: retractable; Inner Mongolia) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), bee ídaʼneelʼąąhí (Navajo), målebånd [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), Motbaunt [masculine] (Plautdietsch), taśma miernicza [feminine] (Polish), metrówka [feminine] (Polish), miarka [feminine] (Polish), fita métrica [feminine] (Portuguese), trena [feminine] (Portuguese), ruletă (Romanian), метр (metr) [masculine] (Russian), сантиме́тр (santimétr) [masculine] (Russian), ме́рная ле́нта (mérnaja lénta) [feminine] (Russian), руле́тка (rulétka) [feminine] (Russian), ribean-tomhais [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), метални метар (metalni metar) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), metro [masculine] (Spanish), cinta métrica [feminine] (Spanish), måttband [neuter] (Swedish), medida (Tagalog), அளக்கும் நாடா (aḷakkum nāṭā) (Tamil), టేప్ కొలత (ṭēp kolata) (Telugu), สายวัด (english: soft strip) (Thai), ตลับเมตร (english: cased metal strip) (Thai), ཁྲེ་རྩེ་སྒྲིལ་མ (khre rtse sgril ma) (Tibetan), སྒྲིལ་ཁྲེ (sgril khre) (Tibetan), དྲིལ་ཁྲུ (dril khru) (Tibetan), şerit metre (Turkish), thước dây (Vietnamese), tâp mesur [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "mõõdulint"
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          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
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          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
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          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ruleṭi",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
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            "neuter"
          ],
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mezoúra",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "metrotainía",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "māpak phītā",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "málband"
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        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "pita ukur"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "miosúr"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "metro a nastro"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mejā",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "メジャー"
        },
        {
          "alt": "まきじゃく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "makijaku",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "巻き尺"
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          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "aḷate paṭṭi",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "ಅಳತೆ ಪಟ್ಟಿ"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "maet muu",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "ម៉ែត្រមូរ"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "maet sɑmpʊət",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "ម៉ែត្រសំពត់"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "metro",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "метро"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "pita ukur"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "taura ine"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "rūri tākai"
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          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "note": "pronounced 'metr'; general term",
          "roman": "metr",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "метр"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "evxdeg metr",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "эвхдэг метр"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "english": "retractable; Inner Mongolia",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "oroomol toxoj",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "ороомол тохой"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "bee ídaʼneelʼąąhí"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "målebånd"
        },
        {
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Motbaunt"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "taśma miernicza"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "metrówka"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "miarka"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fita métrica"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "trena"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "ruletă"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "metr",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "метр"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "santimétr",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сантиме́тр"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mérnaja lénta",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ме́рная ле́нта"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rulétka",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "руле́тка"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ribean-tomhais"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "roman": "metalni metar",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "метални метар"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "metro"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "cinta métrica"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "måttband"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "medida"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "aḷakkum nāṭā",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "அளக்கும் நாடா"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "ṭēp kolata",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "టేప్ కొలత"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "english": "soft strip",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "สายวัด"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "english": "cased metal strip",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "ตลับเมตร"
        },
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          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "khre rtse sgril ma",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "ཁྲེ་རྩེ་སྒྲིལ་མ"
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          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "sgril khre",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "སྒྲིལ་ཁྲེ"
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          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "dril khru",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "དྲིལ་ཁྲུ"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "şerit metre"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "thước dây"
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tape measure"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tape measures",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tape measure (plural tape measures)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Egyptian Arabic terms with redundant script codes",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Measuring instruments",
        "en:Tools"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "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",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A graduated flexible ribbon used for measuring lengths."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "graduated",
          "graduated"
        ],
        [
          "flexible",
          "flexible"
        ],
        [
          "ribbon",
          "ribbon"
        ],
        [
          "measuring",
          "measuring"
        ],
        [
          "length",
          "length"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "tape measure"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-us-tape_measure.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/da/En-us-tape_measure.ogg/En-us-tape_measure.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/En-us-tape_measure.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "measuring tape"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šaryiṭ qiyās",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شَرْيِط قِيَاس"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mazura",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مازورة"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "šivaški metǎr",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шивашки метър"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ruletka",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рулетка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "made of metal or steel, retractable",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "捲尺"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "juǎnchǐ",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "卷尺"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "made of linen or cloth, usually non-retractable",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "píchǐ",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "皮尺"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pásmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "målebånd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "meetlint"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "centimeter"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "mezurbendo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "mõõdulint"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "mittanauha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mètre ruban"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ruban à mesurer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sazomi lenṭi",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "საზომი ლენტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xveula",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "ხვეულა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ruleṭi",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "რულეტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Maßband"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mezoúra",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μεζούρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "metrotainía",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μετροταινία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "סרט מידה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "māpak phītā",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "मापक फीता"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "mérőszalag"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "centiméter"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "centi"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "málband"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "pita ukur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "miosúr"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metro a nastro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mejā",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "メジャー"
    },
    {
      "alt": "まきじゃく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "makijaku",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "巻き尺"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "aḷate paṭṭi",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "ಅಳತೆ ಪಟ್ಟಿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "maet muu",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "ម៉ែត្រមូរ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "maet sɑmpʊət",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "ម៉ែត្រសំពត់"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "metro",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "метро"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "pita ukur"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "taura ine"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "rūri tākai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "note": "pronounced 'metr'; general term",
      "roman": "metr",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "метр"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "evxdeg metr",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "эвхдэг метр"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "english": "retractable; Inner Mongolia",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "oroomol toxoj",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ороомол тохой"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "bee ídaʼneelʼąąhí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "målebånd"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Motbaunt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "taśma miernicza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metrówka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "miarka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fita métrica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trena"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "ruletă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "metr",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "метр"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "santimétr",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сантиме́тр"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mérnaja lénta",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ме́рная ле́нта"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rulétka",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "руле́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ribean-tomhais"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "roman": "metalni metar",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "метални метар"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cinta métrica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "måttband"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "medida"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "aḷakkum nāṭā",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "அளக்கும் நாடா"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "ṭēp kolata",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "టేప్ కొలత"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "english": "soft strip",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "สายวัด"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "english": "cased metal strip",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "ตลับเมตร"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "khre rtse sgril ma",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "ཁྲེ་རྩེ་སྒྲིལ་མ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "sgril khre",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "སྒྲིལ་ཁྲེ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "dril khru",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "དྲིལ་ཁྲུ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "şerit metre"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "thước dây"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tâp mesur"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tape measure"
}

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