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nouna thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
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"scale fish"verbremove the scales from
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noun(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
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nouna measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
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"We scaled the Mont Blanc"verbreach the highest point of
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nouna metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)type of:
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"judging on a scale of 1 to 10"nounan ordered reference standardtype of:
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nouna specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
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nouna flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animalstype of:
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nounan indicator having a graduated sequence of markstype of:
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verbclimb up by means of a ladder
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"This bike scales only 25 pounds"verbmeasure by or as if by a scaletype of:
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"scale the gold"verbmeasure with or as if with scales
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verbpattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
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"they entertained on a grand scale"nounrelative magnitudetype of:
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"This model must be scaled down"verbsize or measure according to a scaletype of:
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"The troops scaled the walls of the fort"verbtake by attacking with scaling ladderstype of:
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"the scale of the map" "the scale of the model"nounthe ratio between the size of something and a representation of ittype of:
Definition that contains scale
- plan scale drawing of a structure
- mealy bug scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees
- leather carp scaleless domestic carp
- coccidae scale insects
- superfamily coccoidea scale insects and mealybugs
- mechanical drawing scale drawing of a machine or architectural plan etc,
- family pseudococcidae scalelike insects: mealybugs
- mealybug scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees
- family coccidae scale insects
- fish scale scale of the kind that covers the bodies of fish