weighing machine

2 definitions found

weighing machine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Weighing \Weigh"ing\,
     a. & n. from Weigh, v.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Weighing cage, a cage in which small living animals may be
        conveniently weighed.
  
     Weighing house. See Weigh-house.
  
     Weighing machine, any large machine or apparatus for
        weighing; especially, platform scales arranged for
        weighing heavy bodies, as loaded wagons.
        [1913 Webster]

weighing machine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  weighing machine
      n 1: a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
           [syn: scale, weighing machine]