measure

1. A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.) (countable, uncountable) · Mom's rage has no measure.
2. An (unspecified) portion or quantity. (countable, uncountable)
3. A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance. (countable, uncountable) · a measure of salt
4. A standard against which something can be judged; a way of measuring it; a criterion for it. (countable, uncountable) · By what measure should we judge the performance of our teachers?· Honesty is the true measure of a man.
5. Any of various standard units of capacity. (countable, uncountable) · The villagers paid a tithe of a thousand measures of corn.
6. A unit of measurement. (countable, uncountable)
7. The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.) (countable, uncountable)
8. A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements. (countable, uncountable)

Plural measures