SCALE


Meaning of SCALE in English

I

n.

series of notes arranged in a certain sequence

( mus. )

1) to play; sing a ~

2) a chromatic; diatonic; major; minor; natural ~

system of classifying in a series of steps

3) a sliding; social ~

4) a pay, salary, wage; union ~

relative size

5) an enormous, grand, large; moderate; monumental; small ~

6) on a certain ~ (everything was planned on a monumental ~; on a ~ of one to ten)

7) ( misc. ) drawn to ~

II

n.

weighing machine

1) a bathroom; beam; kitchen; spring; table ~

2) on a ~ (to weigh smt. on a ~)

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.