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Noun: free weight
  1. 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 arms
    "He preferred using free weights over machines for building muscle";
    - weight, exercising weight

Derived forms: free weights

Type of: sports equipment

Encyclopedia: Free weight