Makeweight

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Something added on a scale in order to meet a required weight.
  • n. Something added only to fill a lack.
  • n. A counterweight; a counterbalance.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Something of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight.
  • n. Something included to add to the apparent weight or force of a argument.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That which is thrown into a scale to make weight; something of little account added to supply a deficiency or fill a gap.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Something put in a scale to increase a weight already in it; hence, that which adds weight to something not sufficiently heavy; a thing or person of little account made use of merely to make weight or to fill a gap.
  • n. An adulterant, such as sand in sugar, used to increase the weight of a commodity.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a weight added to the scale to reach a required weight
  • n. anything added to fill out a whole
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    weight    physical object    object   
    Cross Reference
    butcher's thumb   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    counterpoise   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    gift-loan    afterpiece    task    sojourning    proser   
     
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