Define the word Yardstick"Yardstick" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
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]
"yardstick" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
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]
"yardstick" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
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
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