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superwelterweight

superwelterweight adjective: pertaining to a weight class between 67.7 and 69.9 kilograms, at the boundary between middleweight and welterweight.

Adjective

superwelterweight (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a weight class between 67.7 and 69.9 kilograms, at the boundary between middleweight and welterweight
    • Floyd Mayweather Jr. had just defeated Oscar De La Hoya in their superwelterweight title bout in a split decision Saturday night when a controversy threatened to delay, if not upend, his victory.2007 May 6, Richard Sandomir, “Mayweather Wins Decision Over De La Hoya”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    light middleweight, junior middleweight

Synonyms of superwelterweight

  • light middleweight
  • junior middleweight

Forms of superwelterweight

alternative formsuper welterweight

Origin of superwelterweight

From super- + welterweight.

Questions about superwelterweight

What does superwelterweight mean?
Superwelterweight means pertaining to a weight class between 67.7 and 69.9 kilograms, at the boundary between middleweight and welterweight.
What part of speech is superwelterweight?
Superwelterweight is an adjective.

Words near superwelterweight in the dictionary

  1. superweed
  2. superweeds
  3. superweight
  4. superweights
  5. superweird
  6. superwelterweight
  7. superwet
  8. superwetting
  9. superwhite
  10. SuperWhoLock
  11. superwicked

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