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welter-weight

welter-weight adjective: between lightweight and middleweight.

Adjective

welter-weight (not comparable)

  1. between lightweight and middleweight

Noun

welter-weight (plural welter-weights)

  1. a boxer weighing more than a lightweight boxer and less than a middleweight boxer; someone boxing in the welterweight class
  2. A weight of 28 pounds (or 40 pounds: a heavy welterweight), sometimes imposed in addition to weight for age, chiefly in steeplechases and hurdle races.

Forms of welter-weight

Adjective
alternative formwelterweight
Noun
pluralwelter-weights

Origin of welter-weight

Originally “heavyweight horseman” (1832), from welter (“heavyweight horseman”) + weight. Boxing sense 1896.

Questions about welter-weight

What does welter-weight mean?
Welter-weight means between lightweight and middleweight.
What part of speech is welter-weight?
Welter-weight can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near welter-weight in the dictionary

  1. Welte
  2. welted
  3. welted thistle
  4. welted thistles
  5. welter
  6. welter-weight
  7. welter-weights
  8. weltered
  9. weltering
  10. welterings
  11. welters

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