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WEIGHING MACHINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
Synonyms:
scale; weighing machine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("weighing machine" is a kind of...):
measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "weighing machine"):
balance (a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity)
weighbridge (platform scale flush with a roadway for weighing vehicles and cattle etc)
