"Scale" validity in different word game dictionaries
Dictionary | Validity |
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Scrabble US(US/Canada/Thailand - TWL/NWL) | Yes |
Scrabble UK(International - SOWPODS/CSW) | Yes |
Words with Friends(WWF) | Yes |
"scale" Definition
- [singular, uncountable] the size or extent of something, especially when compared with something else
- [countable] a range of levels or numbers used for measuring something
- [countable, usually singular] the set of all the different levels of something, from the lowest to the highest
- [countable] a series of marks at regular points on an instrument that is used for measuring
- scales [plural] (North American English also scale) an instrument for weighing people or things
- [countable] the relation between the actual size of something and its size on a map, diagram or model that represents it
- [countable] a series of musical notes moving upwards or downwards, with fixed intervals between each note, especially a series of eight starting on a particular note
- [countable] any of the thin plates of hard material that cover the skin of many fish and reptiles
- (British English also fur) [uncountable] a hard white substance that is sometimes left inside water pipes and containers for heating water see also limescale
- [uncountable] a hard substance that forms on teeth, especially when they are not cleaned regularly compare plaque
"scale" Synonyms & Antonyms
"scale" synonyms:
- plate,
- lamella,
- lamina,
- scute,
- scutum,
- squama,
- sheet,
- panel,
- layer,
- pane,
- slab,
- coat,
- plane,
- foil,
- slice,
- leaf,
- stratum,
- spangle,
- dandruff
"scale" antonyms:
- descend,
- abseil,
- rappel,
- climb-down,
- come-down,
- go-down,
- move-down,
- get-down,
- step-down,
- walk-down,
- make-your-way-down,
- estimate,
- guess,
- approximate,
- predict,
- calculate-roughly,
- subtract,
- dip,
- drop