Scales
//skeɪlz// name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of scale form-of, plural
- 2 A device for measuring weight. plural, plural-only
"The butcher put the sausages on the scales."
Verb
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of scale form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
"Both Bobba and Coristine are listed in internal OPM records reviewed by WIRED as “experts” at OPM, reporting directly to Amanda Scales, its new chief of staff. Scales previously worked on talent for xAI, Musk’s artificial intelligence company, and as part of Uber’s talent acquisition team, per LinkedIn."
- 2 The constellation and zodiacal sign Libra.
"The scales should be uneven, the northern exalted, the southern depressed."
- 3 An unincorporated community in Sierra County, California, United States.
- 4 A small village in Aldingham parish, Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD2772).
- 5 A hamlet in Kirkoswald parish, Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5743).
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- 6 A hamlet in Threlkeld parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY3426).
Example
More examples"I remember singing scales every day during music lessons."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Old Norse skáli (“shed, hut”). Doublet of Scholes.
Etymology 2
Plural of scale.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.