Meanings
nounweighbridge (plural weighbridges)
plural weighbridges
- UKa platform, flush with the roadway, having a mechanism for weighing vehicles, wagons, livestock, etc.
Near-synonym: weigh station
1 more example
A further loop siding is passed at Park House, and, just before reaching the power house, the line runs over a 20-ton Avery wagon weighbridge.
1957 December 28, H. R. Stones, “The Hellingly Hospital Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 871Synonyms: weigh station
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna platform, flush with the roadway, having a mechanism for weighing vehicles, wagons, livestock, etc.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*wéǵʰeti
- Proto-Germanic*weganą
- Proto-West Germanic*wegan
- Old Englishwegan
- Middle Englishweyen
- Englishweigh
- Englishbridge
- Englishweighbridge
Translations
Catalan bàscula de pont
- bàscula de pontweighing platform
Chinese Mandarin 地磅, 秤橋 /秤桥
- 地磅 (dìbàng)weighing platform
- 秤橋 /秤桥 (chèngqiáo)weighing platform
- 地秤 (dìchèng)weighing platform
Finnish ajoneuvovaaka
- ajoneuvovaakaweighing platform
French pont-bascule
- pont-basculeweighing platform
German Brückenwaage, Straßenfahrzeugwaage
- Brückenwaageweighing platform
- Straßenfahrzeugwaageweighing platform
- Waagenbrückeweighing platform
Greek γεφυροπλάστιγγα
- γεφυροπλάστιγγα (gefyroplástinga)weighing platform
Icelandic bílavog
- bílavogweighing platform
Irish droichead meáite
- droichead meáiteweighing platform
Italian bascula
- basculaweighing platform
Persian باسکول
- باسکول (bâskul)weighing platform
Polish waga samochodowa
- waga samochodowaweighing platform
Portuguese báscula
- básculaweighing platform
Russian автомоби́льные весы́, железнодоро́жные весы́
- автомоби́льные весы́ (avtomobílʹnyje vesý)weighing platform
- железнодоро́жные весы́ (železnodoróžnyje vesý)weighing platform
Welsh pont bwyso
- pont bwysoweighing platform
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APA
weighbridge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weighbridge
MLA
“weighbridge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weighbridge. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weighbridge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weighbridge.
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