Size and Yardstick

Size

Size noun - The total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something.

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Yardstick and size are semantically related in dimension topic. In some cases you can use "Yardstick" instead a noun "Size".

Nearby Words: sized, sizing, sizeable

Yardstick noun - Something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared.

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Size and yardstick are semantically related in dimension topic. Sometimes you can use "Size" instead a noun "Yardstick".

good	good size	good yardstick
decent	decent size	decent yardstick

Meanwhile, Mother When has a yardstick which she uses to cut students down to size when they don't measure up.

Source: Hurricane of Puns
If sheer size were the yardstick to define a Cool Plane, then one of the winners would be the Airbus A380 Superjumbo, currently the world's largest airliner, and the world's only full length double-deck jet airliner in service (the Boeing 747's upper deck only extends from the nose to the wings).

Source: Real Life / Cool Plane

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