scale
noun/skeɪl/
Frequency rank: #1,180 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
A range used for measuring; or a device for weighing things.
Example sentence
The fish was too heavy to lift without using the shop's proper scale.
Synonyms & related words
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