"weighbridge" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈweɪbɹɪd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-weighbridge.wav [Southern-England] Forms: weighbridges [plural]
Etymology: From weigh + bridge. Etymology templates: {{af|en|weigh|bridge}} weigh + bridge Head templates: {{en-noun}} weighbridge (plural weighbridges)
  1. (UK) a platform, flush with the roadway, having a mechanism for weighing vehicles, wagons, livestock, etc. Tags: UK Synonyms: truck scale, platform scale Translations (weighing platform): bàscula de pont [feminine] (Catalan), 地磅 (dìbàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 秤橋 (Chinese Mandarin), 秤桥 (chèngqiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), 地秤 (dìchèng) (Chinese Mandarin), ajoneuvovaaka (Finnish), pont-bascule [masculine] (French), Brückenwaage [feminine] (German), Straßenfahrzeugwaage [feminine] (German), Waagenbrücke [feminine] (German), γεφυροπλάστιγγα (gefyroplástinga) [feminine] (Greek), bílavog [feminine] (Icelandic), droichead meáite [masculine] (Irish), bascula [feminine] (Italian), باسکول (bâskul) (Persian), báscula [feminine] (Portuguese), автомоби́льные весы́ (avtomobílʹnyje vesý) [masculine, plural] (Russian), железнодоро́жные весы́ (železnodoróžnyje vesý) [masculine, plural] (Russian), baskül (Volapük), pont bwyso [feminine] (Welsh)

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          "code": "de",
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          ],
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "gefyroplástinga",
          "sense": "weighing platform",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "γεφυροπλάστιγγα"
        },
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "weighing platform",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bílavog"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "weighing platform",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "weighing platform",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "fa",
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          "sense": "weighing platform",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        }
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      "sense": "weighing platform",
      "word": "地磅"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "weighing platform",
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      "sense": "weighing platform",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "weighing platform",
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      "sense": "weighing platform",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "weighing platform",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Brückenwaage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "weighing platform",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Straßenfahrzeugwaage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "weighing platform",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Waagenbrücke"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gefyroplástinga",
      "sense": "weighing platform",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "γεφυροπλάστιγγα"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "weighing platform",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bílavog"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "weighing platform",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "droichead meáite"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "weighing platform",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bascula"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bâskul",
      "sense": "weighing platform",
      "word": "باسکول"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "weighing platform",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "báscula"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "avtomobílʹnyje vesý",
      "sense": "weighing platform",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "автомоби́льные весы́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "železnodoróžnyje vesý",
      "sense": "weighing platform",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "железнодоро́жные весы́"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "weighing platform",
      "word": "baskül"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "weighing platform",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pont bwyso"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weighbridge"
}

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