squaremeter
nounUK /ˌskwɛə ˈmiːtə/
US /ˌskwɛr ˈmiːtər/
A square meter is a square that is one meter long on each side, used to measure how much space a flat thing takes up.
The rug in my room is about three square meters.
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2. A unit of area in the metric system equal to a square measuring one meter on each side, used for floors, rooms, and land.
The apartment has a living room of twenty square meters.
3. A standard way to describe the size of a flat surface, such as a wall, garden, or piece of fabric.
We need ten square meters of tiles for the kitchen floor.
4. A measurement often written with the symbol m² in math and science.
The area of the rectangle is twelve m², or twelve square meters.