BASCULE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bascule" is a kind of...):

construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)

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