Scale

What do we mean by scale?

One of the many small hard dermal or epidermal structures that characteristically form the external covering of fishes and reptiles and certain mammals, such as pangolins. noun

A similar part in other animals, such as one of the thin flat overlapping structures that cover the wings of butterflies and moths. noun

A small, thin, often flattened plant structure, such as one of the modified leaves that cover a tree bud or one of the structures that contain the reproductive organs on the cones of a conifer. noun

A dry thin flake of epidermis shed from the skin. noun

A skin lesion or lesions marked by such flakes. noun

A scale insect. noun

A plant disease or infestation caused by scale insects. noun

A flaky oxide film formed on a metal, as on iron, that has been heated to high temperatures. noun

A flake of rust. noun

A hard mineral coating that forms on the inside surface of boilers, kettles, and other containers in which water is repeatedly heated. noun

To clear or strip of scale or scales. intransitive verb

To remove in layers or scales. intransitive verb

To cover with scales; encrust. intransitive verb

To throw (a thin flat object) so that it soars through the air or skips along the surface of water. intransitive verb

To remove (tartar) from tooth surfaces with a pointed instrument. intransitive verb

A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.

An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude.

Size; scope.

The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.

A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced.

A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.

A mathematical base for a numeral system; radix.

Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order.

A standard amount of money to be received by a performer or writer, negotiated by a union.

Words that are spelled similarly to scale:
scale, sale, stale, scare, swale, shale, scape, scalp, scald, cale, scaly, scafe, scala, scall, scyle, scane, spale, scole, saale, scate, secale, scalf, scame, smale, scal, seale, scali, scalae, schale, scade, escale.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word scale:
gam, scales, chord, intensity, gauge, insects, earthquake, magnitude, models, scores, measuring, measure, model, winds, hurricane, measured, industries, factor, tone, map, maps, notes, taxes.

Words that rhyme with scale:
rail, pale, hail, entail, trail, mail, avail, email, whale, sale, detail, tail, prevail, nail, bail, cocktail, fail, curtail, ale, sail, tale, veil, assail, hale, retail, stale, gale, bale, frail, quail, travail, vale, wail, male, dovetail, blackmail, flail, wholesale, swale, zale, telltale, voicemail, pail, dale, ail, braille, kale, grail, shale, jail, female, upscale, snail, wale, vail, derail, unveil, impale, exhale, yale, surveil, fairytale, inhale, abigail, holy grail, foxtail, quale, cale, gmail, guardrail, ponytail, thumbnail, handrail, brail, greenmail, gael, dwale, gail, coattail, dail, orrell, toenail, resale, monorail, fantail, martingale, airedale, horsetail, clydesdale, countervail, folktale, airmail, soleil, hobnail, biennale, faille, kail, calle, salle, shail.

Adjectives that are often used to describe scale:
large, small, larger, smaller, point, grand, social, global, national, logarithmic, full, vertical, wide, extensive, massive, limited, vast, commercial, horizontal, international, regional, modest, linear, item, unprecedented, grander, absolute, minor, spatial, broad, interval, wider, gigantic, industrial, musical, ordinal, largest, gray, chromatic, broader, diatonic, atomic, standard, appropriate, enormous, huge, evolutionary, numerical, minimum, continuous, microscopic, nominal, magnificent, arbitrary, visual, worldwide, colossal, extended, sheer, enlarged, convenient, uniform, pentatonic, lavish, lesser, efficient, macroscopic, bigger, type, characteristic, substantial.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective scale:
production, projects, industry, industries, operations, war, systems, studies, enterprises, study, farming, development, operation, farmers, model, units, agriculture, models, attack, maps, tests, experiments, enterprise, changes, use, program, structure, organization, programs, sector, project, economies, producers, processes, surveys, immigration, map, societies, structures, change, organizations, farms, plants, invasion, applications, migration, trials, integration, works, plant, activities, patterns, research, survey, deflection, manufacturing, movement, testing, features, movements, investment, effort, application, investigation, efforts, construction, campaign, firms, insects, business, experiment, mining, unemployment, test, events, facilities, manufacture, planning, attacks, violence, schemes, developments, cultivation, irrigation, trade, phenomena, motions, formation, intervention.

Consonant match to scale:
school, skill, scowl, skull, scull, skoal, scall, skell, skool, scole, skall, skeel, schell.

Words that sound like scale:
scale, school, skill, skull, scowl, scool, scull, skil, skoal, skool, scal, skol, schell, skell, scall, skel, skole, scole, scol, skal, skall, skeel, scul, skule, skulle, sail, sale, scales, scaly, scaley, scathe, scaled, scalar, salle, scaler, skay, sql, saile, sayle, suhail, sael, escale, scali, skl, squail, sea kale, scl, skeigh, sking, circle, cell, cycle, scalp, sal, saul, scald, cel, cele, sall, cil, ciel, cycl, scally, cill, sca, ceil, cile, cka, scalf, scatch, scala, scaife, sahel, scate, ceal, saal, saol, scame, cercle, psl, cko, celle, circal, sahl, cyl, scaw, sakal, scelp, psle, ceol, scalled, cercal, saule, caecal, eskil, psychal, c l, psychol, c.l, cicl.