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TAPELINE

Dictionary entry overview: What does tapeline mean?

• TAPELINE (noun)
The noun TAPELINE has 1 sense:

1. measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths

Familiarity information: TAPELINE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TAPELINE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

tape measure; tapeline; tape

Context example:

the carpenter should have used his tape measure

Hypernyms ("tapeline" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

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