meter

meter is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A suffix denoting that by which anything is measured; as, barometer, chronometer, dynamometer. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. A suffix denoting that by which anything is measured; as, barometer, chronometer, dynamometer.
2. noun. One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter.
3. noun. An instrument for measuring, and usually for recording automatically, the quantity measured.
4. noun. A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
5. noun. Alt. of Metre
6. noun. any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity
7. noun. rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration

   Synonyms: metre, time

8. noun. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

   Synonyms: beat, cadence, measure, metre

9. noun. the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

   Synonyms: metre

10. verb. measure with a meter

    "meter the flow of water"

11. verb. stamp with a meter indicating the postage

    "meter the mail"

Synonyms

metre, time, beat, cadence, measure

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in meter:

metre, remet, retem

Common word forms

meters, metered, metering, meterable, meterless

Words from these letters

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