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A scale is a system or series of marks used for measuring or registering. (noun)

  1. An example of scale is what someone would use to figure out the length of something.
  2. An example of scale is what someone would use to find out how much they weigh.

Scale means to climb up something or to remove in thin layers. (verb)

  1. An example of scale is rock climbing.
  2. An example of scale is to remove the outside layer of rigid, overlapping plates on a fish.

A scale is an outer protective layer made up of flat, rigid, overlapping plates. (noun)

An example of scale is the skin of a fish.

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