If I am talking about measuring the length/width of a room in metres then which is the correct word?

http://thai2english.com/search/measure+

You can use วัด. As a verb, it means measure.

วัดห้อง = measure the room

วัดขนาดห้อง = measure the dimension of the room

วัดขนาดความกว้างความยาวห้อง = mesure the width and lenght of the room

thanks a lot

A bit off topic, but as you are here would you mind also telling me which word is correct for saying 'it's the law'? Eg wearing your seatbelt when driving..

http://thai2english.com/search/law+

thanks a lot

A bit off topic, but as you are here would you mind also telling me which word is correct for saying 'it's the law'? Eg wearing your seatbelt when driving..

http://thai2english.com/search/law+

มันเป็นกฎ

It’s the law

How do you measure a temple?

How do you measure a temple?

The technical term for the land of a temple is "ธรณีสงฆ์", literally, the land belonging to the monks. So, the area to be measured would not necessarily involve the word "วัด".

Does it depend on what wat one would want to wat, or what?

Thank you for the new vocabulary, David.

Makes me associate to พระแม่ธรณี, the Earth Deva/Goddess from Brahmic and Buddhist legends:

http://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E%E0%...%B8%93%E0%B8%B5,

occasionally, adjacent homophones do come up in thai sentences, as they do in english, eg. ไม่ไหม้ (not burnt), ที่ที่... (a place that is...), วัดวัด (to measure a temple). people work things out easily enough from context. still, dual meanings can be amusing, eg. ไปวัดกันไหม? (should we go to the temple/should we go measure?) and, along with other types of puns, drive plenty of thai comedy.