WEIGHING MACHINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does weighing machine mean? 

• WEIGHING MACHINE (noun)
  The noun WEIGHING MACHINE has 1 sense:

1. a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass

  Familiarity information: WEIGHING MACHINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEIGHING MACHINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

scale; weighing machine

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)