Meter

Quick meaning: Meter is a noun meaning A device that measures things.

Meaning

A device that measures things.

More Meanings

1. (American spelling) A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
2. To measure with a metering device.
3. To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.
4. To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).
5. US standard spelling of metre (“a unit of measure”).
6. US standard spelling of metre (“the rhythm or measure in language”).
7. (dated) One who metes or measures.

Example Sentences

a labouring coal-meter

A meter of […]berses in the Utopian tongue

No trees have grown on the windswept Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean for tens of thousands of years — just shrubs and other low-lying vegetation. That’s why a recent arboreal discovery nearly 20 feet (6 meters) beneath the ground caught researchers’ attention.

Word Forms

• meters
• metering
• metered

Synonyms for meter

Depending on context, synonyms include beat, measure, time, metre, cadence, m.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include m, metre, time, beat, cadence, measure.

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