tape measure
noun
a long, flexible strip or ribbon, as of cloth or metal, marked with subdivisions of the foot or meter and used for measuring.
tape measures
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pluralof tape measure.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"Since then, you obviously start realising 'I actually need something today' like tape measures and stuff like that you're always losing - we just order it and it comes."
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
The company said it invested in the manufacturing equipment there because demand for double-sided tape measures started in overseas markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
Pillcopata, Peru—Twenty years ago, a dozen Peruvian biology undergraduates armed with machetes and tape measures laboriously cleared a trail down the steep eastern flank of the Andes Mountains near this sleepy Amazonian town.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 2, 2023
The process involves strings and tape measures to pinpoint the exact locations, leveling tools and the like.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
He went over me with one of those yellow tape measures, and jotted figures in his notebook.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
