A block or lump of metal or other heavy substance, or a heavy object, used to pull or press down something, to give an impulse to machinery (e.g…
| 单词 | θ71798 |
| 释义 | the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [noun] > ponderable matter > that which is heavy or a heavy mass > used on account of its weight (15) weightc1425 A block or lump of metal or other heavy substance, or a heavy object, used to pull or press down something, to give an impulse to machinery (e.g… pound1450 Originally and chiefly Scottish. A pound weight; a weight. Obsolete. poise1531 A weight; a heavy object, esp. a piece of some heavy substance used for some purpose because of its weight, such as a weight in a clock (cf. counter… plummet1612 A ball or lump of lead (in other contexts), esp. as used as a weapon or missile, an ornament, or to weigh things down. Obsolete. pondus1719 A weight. Now chiefly figurative: a power to influence or bias, a moral force. weighting1875 concrete. Something used as a weight to press down, steady, or balance. Subcategories:— specific (4) — equal or counterbalancing (5) |
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