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weight-saving

weight-saving noun: an intentional reduction in the weight of an object.

Noun

weight-saving (uncountable)

  1. An intentional reduction in the weight of an object.
    • Because of attention to weight-saving No 5751 weighed much the same as the shorter Maunsell coaches.1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 396

Forms of weight-saving

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alternative formweightsaving

Questions about weight-saving

What does weight-saving mean?
Weight-saving means an intentional reduction in the weight of an object.
What part of speech is weight-saving?
Weight-saving is a noun.

Words near weight-saving in the dictionary

  1. weight-borne
  2. weight-lift
  3. weight-lifted
  4. weight-lifting
  5. weight-lifts
  6. weight-saving
  7. weight-train
  8. weight-watcher
  9. weight-watchers
  10. weight/volume percent
  11. weightable

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