middleweight
/mˈɪdəlwˌeɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling and other sports
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "This would give the U.S. Army five parachute-capable brigades, or two "middleweight" infantry brigades, or six light infantry brigades, or six airmobile brigades in only two multicapable divisions."
- "In Ukraine, jaeger brigades are middleweight infantry—neither as light as territorial brigades, which generally lack tracked vehicles, nor as heavy as tank or mechanized brigades with their hundreds of tanks and fighting vehicles."
- "And it's interesting because in a way they're much more of a design company, and they've got their juniors and their seniors and their middleweights and all this stuff."