Meaning & use
odometer
A device in a vehicle that measures and displays the total distance traveled.
See it in a sentence
The odometer showed just over two hundred thousand miles when we finally sold the car.
He checked the odometer before the road trip to estimate how much gas they'd need.
A note on using this word
Odometer refers specifically to total distance traveled, while a trip meter can be reset to track a single journey.
Words with a similar meaning
mileage counter
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