Entertainment / Bowling / Weight Block: The interior portion of a ball that adds extra weight to it to bring the overall gross weight higher. Knowledge of the location of the weight block is used to create balls with differing positive and negative weight distributions.
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Block Verb Synonyms: obstruct, close off, barricade, bar, shut off, hinder, hamper, balk, impede, prevent
Block Noun Synonyms: piece, chunk, hunk, lump, slab, stump, brick, cube
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Weight Noun Synonyms: arrange, manipulate, bias, incline, slant, rig
Weight Verb Synonyms: heaviness, avoirdupois, mass, tonnage, heft
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Business / Taxes / Overweighted: When you own more of a security, an asset class, or a subclass than your target asset allocation calls for, you are said to be overweighted in that security, asset class, or subclass. For example, if MORE
Entertainment / Golf / Perimeter-Weighted: (also 'cavity back, cavity-back') a style of club head where the mass is distributed more toward the perimeter (outside edges) of the club head in order to increase the effective size of the center of MORE
Entertainment / Golf / Overall Weight: (also 'dead weight') the total weight of a golf club (see also 'swingweight') MORE
Science / Weather / Omega Block: A warm high aloft which has become displaced and is on the polarward side of the jet stream. It frequently occurs in the late winter and early spring in the Northern Hemisphere. The name comes from it MORE
Life Style / Wine / Must Weight: An indicator of the sugar content of the fermenting wine, and therefore an invaluable guide for the winemaker. There are a number of scales used to express must weight, including Baum?, Brix, Oechsle MORE
Entertainment / Bowling / Negative Weight: Weight on a ball that tends to hold back the hook and/or to get the ball into a roll earlier; bottom weight, negative side weight and thumb weight are considered negative weights. These are considered MORE