Gauges is valid Scrabble Word

Is gauges a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is gauges valid Words with Friends?
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6 letters word
8 points in Scrabble
11 points in WWF

Definitions for GAUGES in dictionary:

VERB:

GAUGE, to measure precisely
estimate or determine the amount, level, or volume of
judge or assess (a situation, mood, etc.)
measure the dimensions of (an object) with a gauge
made in standard dimensions

NOUN:

an instrument that measures and gives a visual display of the amount, level, or contents of something
a tool for checking whether something conforms to a desired dimension
a means of estimating something
the thickness, size, or capacity of something, especially as a standard measure.
the diameter of a wire, fibre, tube, etc.

a measure of the diameter of a gun barrel, or of its ammunition, expressed as the number of spherical pieces of shot of the same diameter as the barrel that can be made from 1 lb (454 g) of lead
the thickness of sheet metal or plastic
the distance between the rails of a line of railway track
the position of a sailing ship to windward (the weather gage) or leeward (the lee gage) of another

Words related to GAUGES

gauge7 gauged9 gauging10

Words that contain GAUGES

regauges10 misgauges13

How to use GAUGES in a sentence

Gauges are also applied to the boiler to indicate the height of the water within it so that it may not be burned out by the water becoming accidentally too low.
Well, you say you will do as we have directed, we will then go back to the gauges.
Some steam gauges are provided with a seal, and as long as this seal is not broken the factory will make it good.
It has itself, through its command of certain scientific workshops, been manufacturing gauges and testing materials.
In July last year, for instance, munitions work in many quarters was actually held up for want of gauges.
Then he went in and meditatively drew the water from the glass gauges, tested the safety valve, wiped off the engine and finally locked the door of the engine-room.
The ashes and slag must be hoisted and dumped into the ocean, and twice an hour, as the gauges indicate, fresh water is let into the boilers.
The vent is measured by the appropriate gauges, the smaller of which must enter freely, and the larger not at all.
When grown-up persons indulge in practical jokes, the fact gauges them.
He waited for the course change, saw it register on the gauges in front of him, then continued his work.

Tom checked the maze of gauges and dials on the control board.
Tom placed his hand on the master switch that would throw the combined circuits, instruments and gauges into the single act of blasting the mighty ship into space.
Quickly Tom glanced about the huge board with its many different gauges and dials, searching for the one that would indicate the trouble.
A serious attempt was made to measure the length, breadth and height of the nuts examined and gauges were made which should do this exactly and quickly.
Tom sat in front of the control panel, strapped himself into the acceleration chair, and began checking the dials and gauges.
He sat at the control board of the great rocket cruiser, apparently watching the needles and gauges on the panel, but his mind was racing desperately.
Instinctively he began to check the dials and gauges.
It is by her response that he gauges his chances and speaks of marriage.
The weapons were all ready to fire, and when Tom had attached the pressure gauges to note how much energy was expended in the recoil, he gave the word to fire.
But there are also gauges graduated to the ten-thousandth part of an inch.
Wire for electrical purposes is drawn to a number of different standard gauges.
In certain branches of telephone work, such as line construction, the existence of the several wire gauges or standards is very likely to lead to confusion.
It is the rare editor who rightly gauges his public psychology.
This, however, often takes place, in which case the gauges are usually found a few yards in front of the muzzle.

Similar words containing GAUGE without suffix s

gauge7 gauged9 gauger8 gaugers9 regauge9 misgauge12 regauged11 regauges10 ungauged11 gaugeable13 gaugeably16 misgauged14 misgauges13

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