"tape measure" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-tape_measure.ogg 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), rolmaat (self-retracting) [feminine] (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), 줄자 (julja) (Korean), 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), مساحه شریدی (mesaha şeridi) (Ottoman Turkish), 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), flexómetro (english: self-retracting metallic) [masculine] (Spanish), güincha [Bolivia, feminine] (Spanish), lienza [Cuba, feminine] (Spanish), wincha (english: Andes) [feminine] (Spanish), måttband [neuter] (Swedish), medida (Tagalog), panukat (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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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "šaryiṭ qiyās",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
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          "english": "made of metal or steel, retractable",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "捲尺"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "juǎnchǐ",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "píchǐ",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "皮尺"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "metr"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pásmo"
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "målebånd"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "meetlint"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "centimeter"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "rolmaat (self-retracting)"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "mezurbendo"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "mõõdulint"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "mittanauha"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "mètre ruban"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ruban à mesurer"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sazomi lenṭi",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "საზომი ლენტი"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "xveula",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "ხვეულა"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ruleṭi",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "რულეტი"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
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          "word": "Maßband"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mezoúra",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "μεζούρα"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "metrotainía",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "μετροταινία"
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          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "סרט מידה"
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "māpak phītā",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "मापक फीता"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
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          "code": "is",
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          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
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          "word": "málband"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
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          "word": "miosúr"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
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          "word": "metro a nastro"
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          "code": "ja",
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          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "メジャー"
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          "alt": "まきじゃく",
          "code": "ja",
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          "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"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "maet muu",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "ម៉ែត្រមូរ"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "maet sɑmpʊət",
          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "ម៉ែត្រសំពត់"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "julja",
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          "word": "줄자"
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          "word": "مساحه شریدی"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "టేప్ కొలత"
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          "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
          "word": "สายวัด"
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          "roman": "khre rtse sgril ma",
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          "word": "ཁྲེ་རྩེ་སྒྲིལ་མ"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "捲尺"
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      "roman": "juǎnchǐ",
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      "roman": "píchǐ",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "皮尺"
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      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "meetlint"
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      "word": "mezurbendo"
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      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "mõõdulint"
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      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "mittanauha"
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      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mètre ruban"
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      "lang": "French",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sazomi lenṭi",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "საზომი ლენტი"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xveula",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "ხვეულა"
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      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "რულეტი"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "סרט מידה"
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      "word": "मापक फीता"
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      "word": "mérőszalag"
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      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "málband"
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "pita ukur"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "metro a nastro"
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      "word": "巻き尺"
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      "roman": "aḷate paṭṭi",
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      "word": "ಅಳತೆ ಪಟ್ಟಿ"
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      "word": "ម៉ែត្រមូរ"
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      "word": "ម៉ែត្រសំពត់"
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      "word": "줄자"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "word": "метро"
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "pita ukur"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "taura ine"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "rūri tākai"
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      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "метр"
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      "code": "mn",
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      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "эвхдэг метр"
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      "code": "mn",
      "english": "retractable; Inner Mongolia",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "oroomol toxoj",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "bee ídaʼneelʼąąhí"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "mesaha şeridi",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "مساحه شریدی"
    },
    {
      "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": "es",
      "english": "self-retracting metallic",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flexómetro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "Bolivia",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "güincha"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "Cuba",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lienza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "Andes",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wincha"
    },
    {
      "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": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "graduated ribbon for length measurement",
      "word": "panukat"
    },
    {
      "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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