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Sounds | skey'l |
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Rhymes | ail, Airedale, airmail, and 89 more rhymes in eyl at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | An ordered reference standard. |
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Examples | "judging on a scale of 1 to 10" |
Synonyms | scale of measurement, graduated table, ordered series |
Narrower | Beaufort scale, wind scale; index; logarithmic scale; Mercalli scale; Mohs scale; Richter scale; temperature scale; wage scale, wage schedule |
Broader | standard, criterion, measure, touchstone |
Verbs | scale; scale |
Meaning | Relative magnitude. |
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Examples | "they entertained on a grand scale" |
Broader | magnitude relation, quantitative relation |
Adjectives | scalar |
Meaning | The ratio between the size of something and a representation of it. |
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Examples | "the scale of the map"; "the scale of the model" |
Broader | proportion, proportionality |
Verbs | scale; scale |
Meaning | An indicator having a graduated sequence of marks. |
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Narrower | vernier scale, vernier |
Broader | indicator |
Verbs | scale |
Meaning | A specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin. |
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Synonyms | scale leaf |
Narrower | squamule |
Broader | leaf, leafage, foliage |
Meaning | A thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin. |
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Synonyms | scurf, exfoliation |
Narrower | dander; dandruff |
Broader | bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap |
Meaning | (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave). |
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Synonyms | musical scale |
Category | music |
Members | note, musical note, tone |
Narrower | gamut; diatonic scale; chromatic scale; gapped scale |
Broader | musical notation |
Adjectives | scalic |
Meaning | A measuring instrument for weighing. Shows amount of mass. |
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Synonyms | weighing machine |
Narrower | balance; weighbridge |
Broader | measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device |
Verbs | scale; scale |
Meaning | A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners). |
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Synonyms | plate, shell |
Narrower | armor plate, armour plate, armor plating, plate armor, plate armour; horseshoe, shoe; shell plating |
Broader | shield |
Meaning | A flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals. |
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Narrower | fish scale; squama |
Broader | covering, natural covering, cover |
Verbs | scale |
Meaning | Measure by or as if by a scale. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Examples | "This bike scales only 25 pounds" |
Broader | measure |
Nouns | scalage; scale; scaling |
Meaning | Pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | model, pattern |
Nouns | scale; scale |
Meaning | Take by attacking with scaling ladders. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "The troops scaled the walls of the fort" |
Broader | take |
Nouns | scaling |
Meaning | Reach the highest point of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "We scaled the Mont Blanc" |
Synonyms | surmount |
Broader | reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain |
Meaning | Climb up by means of a ladder. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | climb, climb up, mount, go up |
Nouns | scaling |
Meaning | Remove the scales from. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "scale fish" |
Synonyms | descale |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw |
Nouns | scale |
Meaning | Measure with or as if with scales. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "scale the gold" |
Broader | quantify, measure |
Nouns | scale; scaling |
Meaning | Size or measure according to a scale. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "This model must be scaled down" |
Broader | size |
Nouns | scalage; scaling; scale; scale; scale |