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WEIGHBRIDGE
weighbridge
(noun) platform scale flush with a roadway for weighing vehicles and cattle etc
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
weighbridge (plural weighbridges)
(UK) a platform, flush with the roadway, having a mechanism for weighing vehicles etc
Synonyms: truck scale, platform scale
Source: Wiktionary
Weigh"bridge`, n.
Definition: A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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