yardstick









yardstick


noun

  1. a stick a yard long, commonly marked with subdivisions, used for measuring.
  2. any standard of measurement or judgment: Test scores are not the only yardstick of academic achievement.

noun

  1. a measure or standard used for comparisonon what kind of yardstick is he basing his criticism?
  2. a graduated stick, one yard long, used for measurement

n.1816, from yard (n.2) + stick (n.).

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