From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishscalesscales[plural] British English, scale [countable] American EnglishDH a machine for weighing people or objects a set of kitchen scales some new bathroom scales (=scales that you use to weigh yourself) → tip the balance/scales at tip2(6) → scale
Examples from the Corpus
bathroom scales• Like all bathroom scales, ours are trod with hope and trepidation.• I spend a lot of time on the bathroom scales - too much time - I really should throw them away!• He steps on to the bathroom scales.• The bathroom scales are a shrine to which believers turn daily. 