SPIRIT LEVEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spirit level mean? 

• SPIRIT LEVEL (noun)
  The noun SPIRIT LEVEL has 1 sense:

1. indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid

  Familiarity information: SPIRIT LEVEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPIRIT LEVEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

level; spirit level

Hypernyms ("spirit level" is a kind of...):

indicator (a device for showing the operating condition of some system)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spirit level"):

mason's level (a level longer than a carpenter's level)

Holonyms ("spirit level" is a part of...):

carpenter's level (a straight bar of light metal with a spirit level in it)

surveyor's level (surveying instrument consisting basically of a small telescope with an attached spirit level rotating around a vertical axis; for measuring relative heights of land)