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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
How To Use tape measure In A Sentence
- Cook recommends taking baseline data with a tape measure instead of fat calipers or scales.
- Who measured the distance from Earth to Mars and did they have to make sure the tape measure was rigid?
- Tape measures may stretch, yardsticks may chip and rotary cutting mats may warp.
- They unrolled a blue mat on the forest floor and laid out an assortment of equipment, including a syringe with anesthesia, a ruler, calipers, a scale, a tape measure, a thermometer, and antibiotic ointment.
- Use a steel tape measure to measure the dimensions of the room.
- the carpenter should have used his tape measure
- We got the tape measure out and he had the biggest backside so in he went. Times, Sunday Times
- Measure yourself first with a tape measure, your bust, waist, and hips, over your undergarments.
- You would do better to cut out a large circle of wood and use a tape measure to find its circumference and diameter.
- Retractable tape measures were permanently secured to a winding mechanism inside the casing.