vägskäl — meaning in English

English meaning

crossroads noun A place where two or more roads meet.
fork noun A pronged utensil used for eating or serving food.
scale noun The size, extent, or proportion of something, especially compared to something else.
scales noun A device with two pans used to measure and compare weight.
watershed noun The area of land that drains into a particular river, lake, or sea.

vägskäl is used for these senses in English:

crossroads (figuratively, by analogy) A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change a direction, a course, or a goal.
fork (physical) An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two.
fork (metonymic, analogous to any prong of a pronged tool) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.
fork in the road A junction in which one road becomes two divergent roads.
scale Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.
scales A device for measuring weight.
watershed (figurative) A critical point marking a change in course or development.

noun A pronged utensil used for eating or serving food.
noun A point where a road, path, or river splits into two directions.
noun A separate version of a software project or dataset created from an existing one.
verb To split into two or more branches or directions.