"weigh station" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: weigh stations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} weigh station (plural weigh stations)
  1. (Canada, US) A place on the highway where trucks stop to get weighed. Tags: Canada, US Synonyms: weighbridge Translations (place to weigh trucks): 地磅站 (dìbàngzhàn) (Chinese), punnitusasema (Finnish), poste de pesage [masculine] (French), strefa ważenia pojazdów [feminine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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