different between scales vs scaleback

scales

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ske?lz/

Noun

scales

  1. plural of scale

Noun

scales pl (plural only)

  1. A device for measuring weight.
    Synonym: scale

Derived terms

  • bathroom scales
  • tip the scales

Translations

See also

  • balance
  • spring balance
  • weighing machine

Verb

scales

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scale

Anagrams

  • Cassel, Salces

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scaleback

English

Etymology 1

scale +? back

Noun

scaleback (plural scalebacks)

  1. (zoology) Any member of numerous species of marine annelids of the Polynoidae family, with two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back.

Etymology 2

From the verb phrase scale back.

Noun

scaleback (plural scalebacks)

  1. An operation by which something is scaled back or reduced.
    Budgetary constraints led to a scaleback in quality.

Anagrams

  • black aces, lacebacks

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