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    EXERCISING WEIGHT

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and armsplay

    Synonyms:

    exercising weight; free weight; weight

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("exercising weight" is a kind of...):

    sports equipment (equipment needed to participate in a particular sport)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exercising weight"):

    barbell (a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightlifting)

    dumbbell (an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle)

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