gauge British English spelling but is sometimes accepted as American spelling




gauge - noun

  • a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
  • accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
  • the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
  • the thickness of wire
  • diameter of a tube or gun barrel

  • gauge - verb

    gauge - thesaurus

    approximate   bore   caliber American English spelling   calibre British English spelling   estimate   gage American English spelling   guess   judge