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yardstick

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Noun
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yard=stick

CIDE DICTIONARY

yardstickn. 
     A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

yardstick, n.
1 a standard used for comparison.
2 a measuring rod a yard long, usu. divided into inches etc.

THESAURUS

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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