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welter-weights

welter-weights is the plural of welter-weight.

Meaning of welter-weight

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.

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Questions about welter-weights

What is welter-weights the plural of?
Welter-weights is the plural of welter-weight.

Words near welter-weights in the dictionary

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

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