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DUMPY LEVEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dumpy level mean?
• DUMPY LEVEL (noun)
The noun DUMPY LEVEL has 1 sense:
1. a surveyor's level having a short telescope fixed to a horizontally rotating table and a spirit level
Familiarity information: DUMPY LEVEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A surveyor's level having a short telescope fixed to a horizontally rotating table and a spirit level
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("Dumpy level" is a kind of...):
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)
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