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live weights

live weights is the plural of live weight.

Meaning of live weight

Noun

live weight (countable and uncountable, plural live weights)

  1. The weight of a living animal before it is slaughtered for meat; used for example as a pricing basis in selling cattle for meat.
    • The alternative to live-weight pricing is dressed-weight or carcass-weight pricing.

Questions about live weights

What is live weights the plural of?
Live weights is the plural of live weight.

Words near live weights in the dictionary

  1. live together
  2. live tweet
  3. live under a rock
  4. live up
  5. live weight
  6. live weights
  7. live well
  8. live wells
  9. live wire
  10. live wires
  11. live with

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