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FREE WEIGHT
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I. (noun)
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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 arms
Synonyms:
exercising weight; free weight; weight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("free weight" is a kind of...):
sports equipment (equipment needed to participate in a particular sport)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "free 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)
