makeweight
Meanings
Plural: makeweights
Noun
- anything added to fill out a whole
- "some of the items in the collection are mere makeweights"
- a weight added to the scale to reach a required weight
- Something of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight.
- Something included to add to the apparent weight or force of an argument.
Origin / Etymology
From make + weight.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 23
makeweight is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordmakeweight is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
makeweight is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 24
makeweight is a valid Words With Friends word