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scalesnoun1pl. of scale a device for measuring weightI hate getting on the bathroom scale scalesnoun2pl. of scalea small thin piece of material that resembles an animal scalescales of mica were embedded in the granite lamellae(also lamellas), laminae(or laminas), plates chips, flakes, slivers, splinters, splintsleaves(also leafs), sheets, slices a scheme of rank or ordera student who scored very highly on a standard intelligence scale graduations, hierarchies, ladders, orderings, rankings food chains, pecking orders(also peck orders)arrangements, arrays, disposals, dispositions, distributions, sequences, series, setupsdegrees, echelons, footings, levels, places, positions, reaches, rungs, situations, spots, standings, stations, statuses the distance or extent between possible extremeswith the scale going from one to ten, what did you think of the movie? diapasons, gamuts, ranges, spectra(or spectrums), spreads, stretches measures, pitchesambits, amplitudes, compasses, dimensions, extents, reaches, realms, scopes, sweeps, widths to find out the size, extent, or amount ofscaled the logs to get a rough idea of the amount of usable lumber they were likely to yield gauges(also gages), measures, spans weighscalibrates, calipersquantifies, quantitateslays off, marks (off)calculates, ciphers, computes, figures, reckons, works outappraises, assesses, conjectures, estimates, evaluates, guesses, guesstimates, judges, supposes, valuates, valuesadds up, sums, tallies, totalsascertains, determines, discovers, dopes (out), figures out, finds out |