It's the United States spelling of the word 'metre' which is the base unit of measurement in the metric measurement system.
1 metre = 38.37 inches
'Meter' could also mean an instrument that is used for measuring. For example most houses have water meters to measure how much water they use per month.
There are a couple of other less common uses in music and poetry but they all contain the idea of measuring something.
There are many possible prefixes to meter.
It means measure.
Words with the suffix ance:acceptanceappearancearroganceassistanceclearancecompliancecontinuancedisappearancedistanceeleganceentrancegrievancemaintenanceperformancepredominanceresistancetolerancesubstancetemperanceviligance
The suffix meter means "an instrument that is used to measure something". Words containing this root word include:ammeteraltimeteranemometerthermometerbarometervoltmeterodometerspeedometertachymetertachometerradiometerspectrometerspherometerMeter is actually quite different to metre, which refers to an actual unit of measurement. In the original UK English, such units of measurement are as listed below, and not containing the Americanised spelling of "meter".metremillimetrecentimetredecimetrekilometre
Words do not begin with suffixes. A suffix comes at the END of a word.
Some words that end or with suffix cain: cocain. marocain.
Gratefully- is one word with the suffix of fully.
The prefix for barometer is "baro-" and the suffix is "-meter".
Thermometer
Words that are suffix-less are called root words.
Words do not begin with a suffix. A suffix come at the end of a word.
Words with the suffix ance:acceptanceappearancearroganceassistanceclearancecompliancecontinuancedisappearancedistanceeleganceentrancegrievancemaintenanceperformancepredominanceresistancetolerancesubstancetemperanceviligance
Some words that have the suffix 'ular' are:angularbinocularcellularcircularglandulargranularinsularirregularjugularmodularmuscularocularparticularpopularrectangularregularseculartabularvascularvernacular
The suffix meter means "an instrument that is used to measure something". Words containing this root word include:ammeteraltimeteranemometerthermometerbarometervoltmeterodometerspeedometertachymetertachometerradiometerspectrometerspherometerMeter is actually quite different to metre, which refers to an actual unit of measurement. In the original UK English, such units of measurement are as listed below, and not containing the Americanised spelling of "meter".metremillimetrecentimetredecimetrekilometre
Some examples of words with the suffix -morph include metamorphosis, polymorph, amorphous, and dimorphic.
Booklet: a small book or brochure. Piglet: a young pig. Eyelet: a small hole or opening, typically used for lacing or threading materials. Bracelet: a piece of jewelry worn around the wrist.
Micrometer, hence the suffix micro
The Suffix word of lonely is -ly.
One example of a word that ends in the suffix 'side' is "riverside," which refers to the area along the side of a river. Another example is "subside," which means to become less intense or severe.