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SCALE

SCALE is a 5 letter word which starts with the letter S and ends with the letter E for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(n.) The dish of a balance; hence the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when applied to the whole instrument or apparatus for weighing. Also used figuratively.
(n.) The sign or constellation Libra.
(v. t.) To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also to grade or vary according to a scale or system.
(n.) One of the small thin membranous bony or horny pieces which form the covering of many fishes and reptiles and some mammals belonging to the dermal part of the skeleton or dermoskeleton. See Cycloid Ctenoid and Ganoid.
(n.) Hence any layer or leaf of metal or other material resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish; as a scale of iron of bone etc.

Syllable Information

The word SCALE is a 5 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for SCALE is: scale


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