Meaning: Large enough to be noticed or measured.

Part of speech: adjective

Example: There was an appreciable difference in quality.

Category: Measurement › Quantification

Synonyms: significant

Antonyms: insignificant

Meaning: The amount that can be held in one arm.

Part of speech: noun

Example: He picked up an armful of flowers.

Category: Measurement

Synonyms:

• load
• bundle

Meaning: A load that can be carried in one's arms.

Part of speech: noun

Example: She carried an armload of groceries into the house.

Category: Measurement

Synonyms:

• burden
• load

Meaning: A system of weights used for goods, especially in the U.S. and Britain.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The avoirdupois system includes pounds and ounces.

Category: Measurement › Weights

Meaning: The amount that a bucket can hold.

Part of speech: noun

Example: He collected a bucketful of apples.

Category: Measurement

Synonyms:

• load
• amount

Meaning: an ancient unit of length based on the forearm

Part of speech: noun

Example: The pyramid was measured in cubits.

Category: Measurement

Synonyms:

• length unit
• forearm length

Meaning: a metric unit of volume equal to ten liters.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The recipe calls for two decalitre of water.

Category: Measurement

Synonyms: decaliter

Meaning: a metric unit of length equal to ten meters.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The building is five decametres tall.

Category: Measurement

Synonyms: decameter

Meaning: a metric unit of volume equal to one-tenth of a liter.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The recipe calls for five decilitres of milk.

Category: Measurement

Synonyms: deciliter

Meaning: a metric unit of length equal to one-tenth of a meter.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The table is one decimetre wide.

Category: Measurement

Synonyms: decimeter

Meaning: A unit of measurement equal to 45 inches or 114 centimeters.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The fabric was sold by the ell.

Category: Measurement

Synonyms: yard

Meaning: A unit of measurement in typography, equal to the width of the letter 'M'.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The font size is measured in ems.

Category: Measurement

Meaning: Short for fluid ounce, a unit of volume.

Part of speech: abbreviation

Example: The recipe calls for 8 fl Oz of water.

Category: Measurement › Volume

Meaning: A unit of volume equal to one sixteenth of a pint.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The recipe requires 16 fluid ounces of milk.

Category: Measurement › Volume

Synonyms: fl oz

Meaning: a very small distance or amount

Part of speech: noun

Example: He missed the target by a hair's breadth.

Category: Measurement

Synonyms:

• narrow margin
• slight distance

Meaning: A unit of weight equal to 100 pounds or about 45.36 kilograms.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The shipment weighed several hundredweight.

Category: Measurement

Synonyms:

• cwt
• n/a

Antonyms: n/a

Meaning: A unit of mass equal to one thousand grams.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The package weighs 5 kg.

Category: Measurement › Weight

Synonyms: kilogram

Meaning: A unit of measurement equal to one thousand grams or one thousand meters.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The recipe calls for one kilo of flour.

Category: Measurement › Weight

Synonyms: kilogram

Meaning: A prefix meaning one thousand.

Part of speech: prefix

Example: A kilogram is a kilo- unit of mass.

Category: Measurement › Prefixes

Meaning: A unit of mass equal to one thousand grams.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The package weighs 2 kilograms.

Category: Measurement › Weight

Synonyms: kg

Meaning: A unit of length equal to one thousand meters.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The school is two kilometres away.

Category: Measurement › Length

Synonyms: kilometer

Meaning: A position on a scale of amount, quantity, or quality.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The water level in the lake is rising.

Synonyms:

• standard
• flat

Antonyms:

• uneven
• disparity

Meaning: a unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints

Part of speech: noun

Example: The recipe calls for a quart of milk.

Category: Measurement › Volume

Synonyms: liter

Meaning: a unit of measurement for the area of a piece of land

Part of speech: noun

Example: The farm covers ten sae.

Category: Measurement

Meaning: A system of ordered marks at fixed intervals used for measuring or comparing.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The map uses a scale of 1:100,000.

Synonyms:

• size
• extent

Meaning: A unit of weight equal to 2,000 pounds.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The truck can carry a ton of cargo.

Category: Measurement

Synonyms:

• weight
• load

Meaning: A metric unit of weight equal to 1,000 kilograms.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The truck can carry a tonne of goods.

Category: Measurement

Synonyms:

• metric ton
• kilogram

Meaning: a measuring stick one yard long

Part of speech: noun

Example: He used a yardstick to measure the table.

Category: Measurement

Synonyms: ruler

Meaning: short for yard, a unit of measurement

Part of speech: abbreviation

Example: The fabric is 5 yd long.

Category: Measurement