meter

A device that measures things.countableuncountable

A device that measures things.; A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.countableuncountable

• gas meter

One who metes or measures.countabledateduncountable

• a labouring coal-meter

A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.UScountableuncountable

To measure with a metering device.

To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.

To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).

US standard spelling of metre (“a unit of measure”).USalt-ofcountable

• 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 grou

US standard spelling of metre (“the rhythm or measure”).USalt-ofcountable

A poem.countableobsoleteuncountable

• A meter of […]berses in the Utopian tongue