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Raredead weight
The correct spelling is dead weight.
How to pronounce dead weight
noun
Say it like: Dee-d w-ayt
The correct spelling is dead weight. Unremitting heavy weight that does not move. For example: "She wants to shed the dead weight of so many stacks of old clutter."
Usage Examples
“She wants to shed the dead weight of so many stacks of old clutter.”
“He rolled the red in dead weight, and now he's nicely on the blue.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Unremitting heavy weight that does not move.
- 2.The largest weight of cargo a ship is able to carry; i.e, the weight of a ship when fully loaded minus its weight when empty.
- 3.Dead load.
- 4.That which is useless or excess; that which slows something down.
adverb
- 1.(of a shot in snooker or other cue sports) With just enough weight for a ball to drop into a pocket, or come to rest in a precisely determined position.
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