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Word entry · 11 letters

lightweight

Best crossword clue

"Featherlike"

11 letters · collected on this word page

11 lettersPronunciation /ˈlaɪt.weɪt/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted egghhiilttwStarts with LEnds with T2 cluesVery common crossword word
1L2I3G4H5T6W7E8I9G10H11T

Definitions

  1. weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use

Word origin

From light (“not heavy”, adjective) + weight (noun).

Used in a sentence

  • "Wait, is this about the other night when you two lightweights totally went on that bender?"
  • He mentions the "huge engine, lying on its side"—it was in fact a 2-2-2 weighing but 27 tons, something of a lightweight, even for 1868.
  • For example, lightweight construction and Jacobs bogies save weight, and a lighter train uses less power.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Featherlike11 letters
02Not heavy11 letters

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