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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. drafting instrument used to draw or measure angles;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Protractor \Pro*tract"or\, n. 1. One who, or that which, protracts, or causes protraction. [1913 Webster] 2. A mathematical instrument for laying down and measuring angles on paper, used in drawing or in plotting. It is of various forms, semicircular, rectangular, or circular. [1913 Webster] 3. (Surg.) An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign or offensive matter from a wound. [1913 Webster] 4. (Anat.) A muscle which extends an organ or part; -- opposed to retractor. [1913 Webster] 5. An adjustable pattern used by tailors. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

protractor n 1: drafting instrument used to draw or measure angles
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "protractor": astrolabe, azimuth circle, azimuth compass, bevel, bevel protractor, bevel square, clinometer, goniometer, graphometer, pantometer, quadrant, radiogoniometer, sextant, theodolite, transit, transit circle, transit instrument, transit theodolite