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checkweigher

checkweigher is the alternative form of check weigher.

Meaning of check weigher

Noun

check weigher (plural check weighers)

  1. A form of dynamic scale that weighs products as they come off a production line
  2. (historical) A person employed by the miners to check the weight of the mined material and thus ensure the proper wages were paid.
    Synonyms:
    checkweighman

Forms of checkweigher

pluralcheckweighers

Questions about checkweigher

What is checkweigher the alternative form of?
Checkweigher is the alternative form of check weigher.

Words near checkweigher in the dictionary

  1. checkups from the neck up
  2. checkuser
  3. checkusers
  4. checkweigh
  5. checkweighed
  6. checkweigher
  7. checkweighers
  8. checkweighing
  9. checkweighman
  10. checkweighmen
  11. checkweighs

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