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weighbridge

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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/ˈweɪbɹɪd͡ʒ/
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homophone: Weybridge

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Examples

Near-synonym: weigh station

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: weigh station

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: platform scale

noun

Meaning 2

platform scale flush with a roadway for weighing vehicles and cattle etc

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scale, weighing machine

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weǵh- Proto-Indo-European *wéǵheti Proto-Germanic *weganą Proto-West Germanic *wegan Old English wegan Middle English weyen English weigh English bridge English weighbridge From weigh + bridge.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Catalan: bàscula de pont — weighing platform
Chinese Mandarin: 地磅 (dìbàng) — weighing platform
Chinese Mandarin: 秤橋 /秤桥 (chèngqiáo) — weighing platform
Chinese Mandarin: 地秤 (dìchèng) — weighing platform
Finnish: ajoneuvovaaka — weighing platform
French: pont-bascule — weighing platform
German: Brückenwaage — weighing platform
German: Straßenfahrzeugwaage — weighing platform
German: Waagenbrücke — weighing platform
Greek: γεφυροπλάστιγγα (gefyroplástinga) — weighing platform
Icelandic: bílavog — weighing platform
Irish: droichead meáite — weighing platform
Italian: bascula — weighing platform
Persian: باسکول (bâskul) — weighing platform
Polish: waga samochodowa — weighing platform
Portuguese: báscula — weighing platform
Russian: автомоби́льные весы́ (avtomobílʹnyje vesý) — weighing platform
Russian: железнодоро́жные весы́ (železnodoróžnyje vesý) — weighing platform
Volapük: baskül — weighing platform
Welsh: pont bwyso — weighing platform

Word forms

Inflections and variants

weighbridges — plural

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: none provided

Related: none provided

Spelling and sound

Hyphenation and homophones

Homophones: Weybridge

Semantic map

Other relationships

Hypernyms: platform scale, scale, weighing machine

Sources

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