(a.) Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver.
(a.) Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors.
(a.) Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.
(a.) Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees.
(n.) A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.
(n.) A large drinking cup.
(n.) A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
(n.) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
(n.) An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing.
(n.) That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test.
(n.) That which is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; esp., the original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the standard pound, gallon, or yard.
(n.) The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority.
(n.) The sheth of a plow.
(n.) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.