throw-weight
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.61 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The Soviet arsenal of deliverable nuclear weapons was significantly smaller than the American one in 1960, but grew fast. By 1964 it had reached about 1,000 megatonnes, or about 13 per cent greater than the US 'throw weight' in that year, but less than the Americans had had in 1964."
Etymology
Usage
Inflected Forms
throw-weights (plural)
throw weight (alternative)