Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weighbridge

/ˈweɪbɹɪd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: weigh-bridge
IPA: /ˈweɪbɹɪd͡ʒ/

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a platform, flush with the roadway, having a mechanism for weighing vehicles, wagons, livestock, etc.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: weigh station"
"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti Proto-Germanic *weganą Proto-West Germanic *wegan Old English wegan Middle English weyen English weigh English bridge English weighbridge From weigh + bridge.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

weighbridges (plural)

Synonyms

weigh station

Homonyms

Weybridge

Questions

How do you pronounce weighbridge?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈweɪbɹɪd͡ʒ/.
What does weighbridge mean?: a platform, flush with the roadway, having a mechanism for weighing vehicles, wagons, livestock, etc.
Where does weighbridge come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti Proto-Germanic *weganą Proto-West Germanic *wegan Old English wegan Middle English weyen English weigh English bridge English weighbridge From weigh + bridge.

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