YARD MEASURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yard measure mean? 

• YARD MEASURE (noun)
  The noun YARD MEASURE has 1 sense:

1. a ruler or tape that is three feet long

  Familiarity information: YARD MEASURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YARD MEASURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ruler or tape that is three feet long

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

yard measure; yardstick

Hypernyms ("yard measure" is a kind of...):

rule; ruler (measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths)

 Context examples 

Miss Lavinia, self-charged with the superintendence of my darling's wardrobe, is constantly cutting out brown-paper cuirasses, and differing in opinion from a highly respectable young man, with a long bundle, and a yard measure under his arm.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)