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dead weight

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dead weight or dead·weight (ddwt)
n.
1. The unrelieved weight of a heavy, motionless mass.
2. An oppressive burden or difficulty.
3. Abbr. DW The fixed weight of a structure or piece of equipment, such as a bridge on its supports. Also called dead load.

dead weight
n
1. a heavy weight or load
2. an oppressive burden; encumbrance
3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) the difference between the loaded and the unloaded weights of a ship
4. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) another name for dead load
5. (Business / Commerce) (in shipping) freight chargeable by weight rather than by bulk
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dead weight - an oppressive encumbrance
burden, encumbrance, onus, incumbrance, load - an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"
2.dead weight - a heavy motionless weight
weight - the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
Translations
dead weight npeso morto
dead weight npeso morto


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As he was thus speaking, he had risen from bed with great difficulty, holding to my shoulder with a grip that almost made me cry out, and moving his legs like so much dead weight.
Marian had been like a sack of meal, a dead weight of plumpness under which he has literally staggered.
Before I could stoop for it there was a dead weight on my left arm, and Squire Rattray was over the table at a bound, with his arms jostling mine beneath Eva Denison's senseless form.
 
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