barbell
an apparatus used in weight-lifting, consisting of a bar with replaceable, disk-shaped weights fastened to the ends.
Origin of barbell
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How to use barbell in a sentence
They took me to the sniper range and the rifles are like barbells—14 to 15 pounds and four-and-a-half feet long.
Out front, people were carrying barbells above their heads and walking back and forth between the gym and the street.
It was like suddenly discovering that you'd been lifting two-hundred-pound barbells and not knowing it.
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British Dictionary definitions for barbell
/ (ˈbɑːˌbɛl) /
a metal rod to which heavy discs are attached at each end for weightlifting exercises
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