Just Launched! Explore the new Wordsmyth online bookstore at shop.wordsmyth.net. Take the learning offline with our new children's books and picture dictionary.

Word Explorer

Children's

Dictionary Suite

	Elementary dictionary
	Intermediate dictionary

Intermediate Dictionary

See entry in Elementary Dictionary

More results

Show multi-word results

Browse in wordlist

See entries that contain "yardstick"

Display options

Pronunciation

	Wordsmyth
	Phonics
	IPA

Lookup History

yardstick

recess

yard·stick

yardstick

pronunciation:: yard stIk
features:: Word Explorer

part of speech:	noun
definition 1:	a measuring stick three feet long.
definition 2:	a rule or standard against which something is compared or judged. By the yardstick of his family's success in business, he was failing.Grades are the yardstick of success in school. similar words: precedent, standard

Word Explorer

	See
	measurement

Subscribe for ad-free
Wordsmyth and more
Learn more