Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths;
- Example: "the carpenter should have used his tape measure"[syn: tape, tapeline, tape measure]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tape measure
n 1: measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or
metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for
measuring lengths; "the carpenter should have used his tape
measure" [syn: tape, tapeline, tape measure]