weighbridge

English

A weighbridge in Tanzania

Etymology

From weigh +‎ bridge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweɪbɹɪd͡ʒ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Homophone: Weybridge

Noun

weighbridge (plural weighbridges)

1. (UK) a platform, flush with the roadway, having a mechanism for weighing vehicles, wagons, livestock, etc.

   Synonyms: truck scale, platform scale

Translations

weighing platform

• Catalan: bàscula de pont f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地磅 (zh) (dìbàng), 秤橋 / 秤桥 (chèngqiáo), 地秤 (zh) (dìchèng)

• Finnish: ajoneuvovaaka
• French: pont-bascule (fr) m
• German: Brückenwaage f, Straßenfahrzeugwaage f, Waagenbrücke f
• Greek: γεφυροπλάστιγγα (el) f (gefyroplástinga)
• Icelandic: bílavog f
• Irish: droichead meáite m
• Italian: bascula (it) f
• Persian: باسکول (fa) (bâskul)
• Portuguese: báscula (pt) f
• Russian: автомоби́льные весы́ m pl (avtomobílʹnyje vesý), железнодоро́жные весы́ m pl (železnodoróžnyje vesý)
• Volapük: baskül
• Welsh: pont bwyso f

See also

• Truck scale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia