A yardstick is 36 inches long.
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Yardstick
//ˈjɑːdˌstɪk//
Synonyms for "yardstick" (35 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (17)
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Translations
43 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- аршин noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
- мащаб noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏥᎶᏍᏗ noun (measuring rod thirty-six inches long)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 尺度 noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
- 標準 /标准 noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
- 碼尺 /码尺 noun (measuring rod thirty-six inches long)
Danish
2 entries- målestok noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
- målestok noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
Finnish
3 entries- jaardin mitta noun (measuring rod thirty-six inches long)
- mittapuu noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
- mittatikku noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
French
2 entries- aune noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
- mètre étalon noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
German
1 entries- Maßstab noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
Hungarian
4 entries- etalon noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
- fokmérő noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
- mérce noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
- mérték noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
Irish
1 entries- slat tomhais noun (measuring rod thirty-six inches long)
Italian
1 entries- metro di misura noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
Japanese
1 entries- 判断の尺度 noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
Navajo
1 entries- bee ídaʼneelʼąąhí noun (measuring rod thirty-six inches long)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- målestokk noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
Persian
1 entries- سنجه noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
Polish
1 entries- calówka noun (measuring rod thirty-six inches long)
Portuguese
4 entries- bitola noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
- critério noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
- padrão noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
- parâmetro noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
Russian
3 entries- арши́н noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
- ме́рка noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
- мери́ло noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- slat-tomhais noun (measuring rod thirty-six inches long)
- slat-tomhais noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
Spanish
4 entries- norma noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
- reglón noun (measuring rod thirty-six inches long)
- vara noun (measuring rod thirty-six inches long)
- vara noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
Swedish
1 entries- måttstock noun (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
Tagalog
1 entries- pangyarda noun (measuring rod thirty-six inches long)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The simplicity, reliability, and effectiveness of their design would make it the yardstick against which all future firearms would be judged.
Source: tatoeba (11034693)
The teacher picked up the yardstick and measured.
Source: tatoeba (11043437)
Mr. Jackson picked up a yardstick and measured.
Source: tatoeba (11043438)
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