meter in English: A machine that measures and counts how much of something you use, such as gas, water, or parking time. (noun)

Translation

A machine that measures and counts how much of something you use, such as gas, water, or parking time.

Word origin

From Greek metron, meaning a measure; a meter is a machine that measures.

Gender

Pluralmeters

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The meter shows how much gas the house has used.

parking .

A parking meter counts how long a car can stay.

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In British English the machine is a meter, but the unit of length is a metre.

machine

A thing with moving parts that uses power to do work for people.

count

To say numbers in order, or to find how many things there are.

gas

Something like air, which is not solid and not liquid. Gas is often burned to cook food or to heat a house.

water

The clear liquid that falls as rain and that people and animals drink to live.

number

A word or symbol, like one, two, or three, that tells you how many.

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