💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Scalebeam"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| balance beamnoun | (gymnastics) A gymnastics apparatus, a narrow wooden rail used in artistic (athletic) gymnastics. |
| beamnoun | A broad smile. |
| weighbeamnoun | A kind of large steelyard or scale that works by balance, as opposed to a spring. |
| stilyardnoun | a simple balance for weighing foodstuffs etc. The thing to be weighed hangs from the short side of a beam; the long side has graduated notches for a standard weight. |
| spring beamnoun | (construction) A beam of considerable span, without central support; the tie beam of a truss. |
| roberval balancenoun | A kind of weighing scale with two identical horizontal beams attached, one directly above the other, to a vertical column. |
| equalising beamnoun | (British spelling, mechanical engineering) A steel beam linking the suspension of two or more adjacent axles of a vehicle with at least two axles, especially on railway locomotive bogies. |
| casting weightnoun | A weight that turns a balance when exactly poised. |
| waybeamnoun | (rail transport) A longitudinal timber supporting railway track, especially on a bridge. |
| steelyardnoun | A transportable balance with unequal arm lengths. |
| forebeamnoun | (nautical) A horizontal spar across the bow of some sailing vessels, used to stabilize the hulls of a catamaran, to secure a bowsprit, or to tie down the tack when there is no bowsprit. |
| breastbeamnoun | Part of a loom. |
| needle beamnoun | The horizontal cross timber which goes through the wall or a pier, and upon which the weight of the wall rests, when a building is shored up to enable alterations in the lower part. |
| weighboardnoun | A board used for weighing. |
| spring balancenoun | A device for measuring weight or force by the elasticity of a spiral spring. |
| back beamnoun | (textiles, weaving) Synonym of warp beam. |
| tiebeamnoun | (architecture) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. |
| working beamnoun | Alternative form of walking beam. [In a vertical engine, a horizontal beam, usually trussed, that transmits power to the crankshaft through the connecting-rod.] |
| ladder beamnoun | A scaffolding beam, resembling a ladder, composed of a pair of tubular members connected by struts |
| torsion scalenoun | A scale for weighing in which the fulcra of the levers or beams are strained wires or strips acting by torsion. |
🎨 Adjectives for "Scalebeam"
Popular adjectives used to describe this word in books.
📝 Common Phrases with "Scalebeam"
Translate “Scalebeam” into Another Language
Pick a language — the word will be pre-filled in the translator.