Straightedge

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A rigid flat rectangular bar, as of wood or metal, with a straight edge for testing or drawing straight lines.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Living one's life against/without the use of alcohol, smoking, and illegal drugs.
  • n. A tool which is flat, rectangular and commonly made of wood, metal or plastic and is used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A board, or piece of wood or metal, having one edge perfectly straight, -- used to ascertain whether a line is straight or a surface even, and for drawing straight lines.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A bar having one edge, at least, as straight as possible, to be used as a fiducial line in drawing and testing straight lines.
  • n. A wooden board or metal strip, with an edge accurately planed, used in irrigation for laying out ditches in connection with a level or plumb-bob and in place of a surveyor's level.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. hand tool consisting of a flat rigid rectangular bar (metal or wood) that can be used to draw straight lines (or test their straightness)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hand tool   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    staff    strickle    strick   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    straight-edged    passageway    Genoa    ivory-hilted    ostrich-feather   
     
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