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BASCULE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bascule mean?
• BASCULE (noun)
The noun BASCULE has 1 sense:
1. a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)
Familiarity information: BASCULE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bascule" is a kind of...):
construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)
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