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Definition of spirit level noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

picture of a spirit level

spirit level

noun

spirit level pronunciation English

spirit level pronunciation American

(also level)

a glass tube partly filled with liquid, with a bubble of air inside. Spirit levels are used to test whether a surface is level, by the position of the bubble.