meter
A device that measures things.
Noun 3 meanings
A device that measures things.
One who metes or measures.
“a labouring coal-meter”
A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
Verb 3 meanings
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).
Etymology
From Middle English metere (“one who measures, measurer”), perhaps (with change in suffix) from Old English metend (“one who measures or metes”), equivalent to mete (“to measure”) + -er.
METER at a glance
METER has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (M 3 + E 1 + T 1 + E 1 + R 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,068 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with meter
All rhymes- AFTER8
- BETTER8
- WATER8
- LATER5
- MATTER8
- CENTER8
- CHARACTER16
- DAUGHTER13
- MINISTER10
- COMPUTER14
- LETTER6
- SISTER6
One letter away
- PETER7
- DETER6
- MATER7
- METED8
- MITER7
- METES7
- MUTER7
- MERER7
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