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WEIGHING MACHINE

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• 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.

• WEIGHING MACHINE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

weighing machine; scale

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)

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(English proverb)
"Man has responsibility, not power."
(Native American proverb, Tuscarora)
"Hunger is an infidel."
(Arabic proverb)
"From children and drunks will you hear the truth."
(Danish proverb)

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