scale

a small thin piece of material that resembles an animal scale scales of mica were embedded in the granite Synonyms lamella, lamina, plate Related Words chip, flake, sliver, splint, splinter; leaf, sheet, slice

1 a scheme of rank or order a student who scored very highly on a standard intelligence scale Synonyms graduation, hierarchy, ladder, ordering, ranking Related Words food chain, pecking order (also peck order); arrangement, array, disposal, disposition, distribution, sequence, series, setup; degree, echelon, footing, level, place, position, reaches, rung, situation, spot, standing, station, status

2 the distance or extent between possible extremes with the scale going from one to ten, what did you think of the movie? Synonyms diapason, gamut, scale, spectrum, spread, stretchRelated Words measure, pitch, scale; ambit, amplitude, compass, dimension(s), extent, reach, realm, scope, sweep, width

to find out the size, extent, or amount of scaled the logs to get a rough idea of the amount of usable lumber they were likely to yield Synonyms gauge (also gage), measure, spanRelated Words weigh; calibrate, caliper; quantify, quantitate; lay off, mark (off); calculate, cipher, compute, figure, reckon, work out; appraise, assess, conjecture, estimate, evaluate, guess, guesstimate, judge, suppose, valuate, value; add up, sum, tally, total; ascertain, determine, discover, dope (out), figure out, find out