weighing machine
- noun
- /ˈweɪɪŋ məˈʃin/
- UK
:
balanza
- More efficient weighing machines should never be used to deliver. In scaffolding about the construction webpage, regardless of whether commercial or business, useful workspace has been produced that advances connection and transportation for laborers with a level offer.
If you have a sufficiently advanced weighing machine, hot water is heavier than cold water.
- If you have a sufficiently advanced weighing machine, hot water is heavier than cold water.
Examples
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They came in the middle of the next block to a store that had a weighing machine in front of it, and they both in turn stepped up on it, put in a penny, and received a ticket.
Fiction book (1998) -
The weighing machine displayed her weight accurately after she placed her feet on it.
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If you have a sufficiently advanced weighing machine, hot water is heavier than cold water.
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A needle on a weighing machine quivers.
Fiction book (1992) -
She stepped on the weighing machine at the gym to check her weight.
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He used the weighing machine to measure the flour for the recipe.
Synonyms
191
2.8
A device with marks that shows measurements like weight or temperature
A machine that measures small weights and shows the number on a digital screen
How Accurate
- Specialized
- Specialized
1
5.2
- UK
33
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an instrument that measures weight' is directly and transparently built from 'weigh' (measure how heavy something is) plus 'machine' (a device). The gerundive formation 'weighing' simply marks the function of the machine, a common and predictable composition pattern cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The name weighing machine comes from a simple picture: a weighing tool and a machine you stand on or put things on to see how heavy they are. Because it actually measures weight, the name means 'a device that shows how heavy something is'.