wt.

Noun

weight (countable and uncountable, plural weights)

1. The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
2. An object used to make something heavier.
3. A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
4. (figuratively) Importance or influence.
   • I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
5. An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
   • He's working out with weights. Weight-bearing exercise is now understood to be just as important as cardio.
6. Viscosity rating.

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