He was dressed in khaki pants tucked into mud-flecked black gumboots, his torso swallowed up by a silver-grey suit jacket that was several sizes too large for his featherweight frame.
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Featherweight
//ˈfɛðɚˌweɪt//
Synonyms for "featherweight" (67 found)
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Closest matches (14)
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Related words (33)
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16 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- перо noun (weight division)
Catalan
1 entries- pes ploma noun (weight division)
Finnish
2 entries- höyhensarja noun (weight division)
- höyhensarjalainen noun (sportsman)
French
2 entries- poids plume noun (weight division)
- poids plume noun (sportsman)
German
3 entries- Federgewicht noun (weight division)
- Federgewicht noun (sportsman)
- Federgewichtler noun (sportsman)
Hungarian
2 entries- pehelysúly noun (weight division)
- pehelysúlyú versenyző noun (sportsman)
Polish
1 entries- waga piórkowa noun (weight division)
Portuguese
2 entries- peso-pena noun (weight division)
- peso-pena noun (sportsman)
Romanian
1 entries- categorie pană noun (weight division)
Swedish
1 entries- fjädervikt noun (weight division)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Safety and fairness in female sport was one of the most prominent topics at this summer’s Olympic Games, where boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu Ting took gold in the women’s welterweight and featherweight categories respectively.
Source: wiktionary
Watson specializes in adiposeness; none of his chorus beauties may be considered featherweights.
Source: wiktionary
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