carpenter's square

English

A simple carpenter's square.

Alternative forms

• carpentry square

Noun

carpenter's square (plural carpenter's squares)

1. A tool used to measure out right angles.

Synonyms

• (tool): steel square

Hyponyms

• (tool): framing square

Translations

tool used to measure out right angles

• Azerbaijani: günya
• Danish: tømrervinkel c, vinkelhage c
• Dutch: winkelhaak (nl) m
• Finnish: suorakulma (fi)
• German: Winkeleisen n, Zimmererwinkel m, Zimmermannswinkel m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀλφάδιον n (alphádion)

• Irish: bacart m
• Japanese: 指矩 (さしがね, sasigane), 曲尺 (かねじゃく, kanejaku)
• Korean: 곱자 (gopja), 곡척(曲尺) (gokcheok)
• Latin: nōrma f
• Ottoman Turkish: گونیه (günye)
• Persian: گونیا (fa) sg (gūniyā), کوس (fa) sg (kōs ~ kūs) (classic)
• Russian: уго́льник (ru) (ugólʹnik)
• Swedish: vinkelhake (sv) c