free weight

free weight

n. A weight, such as a barbell or dumbbell, that is not attached to another structural device and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms in weightlifting.

free′ weight`

n. a weight used for weightlifting, as a dumbbell, whose motion is not constrained by external apparatus.

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free weight - sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and armsexercising weight, weightbarbell - a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightliftingdumbbell - an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handlesports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport