Yardstick

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Yardstick \Yard"stick`\ (y[aum]rd"st[i^]k`), n.
     A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure
     of distance, cloth, etc.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  yardstick
       n 1: a measure or standard used for comparison; "on what kind of
            yardstick is he basing his judgment?"
       2: a ruler or tape that is three feet long [syn: {yard measure}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "yardstick":
     barometer, basis, benchmark, canon, check, criterion, degree,
     exemplar, gauge, graduated scale, measure, model, norm, parameter,
     pattern, quantity, reading, readout, rule, scale, standard, test,
     touchstone, type, value