heft

About 0.56 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The feel of the weight of something; heaviness.

   A high quality hammer should have good balance and heft.

2. noun The feel of the weight of something; heaviness.

   A high quality hammer should have good balance and heft.

3. noun The force exerted by an object due to gravitation; weight.
4. noun Graveness, seriousness; gravity.
5. noun Importance, influence; weight.
6. noun The greater part of something; the bulk, the mass.
7. noun An act of lifting; a lift. An act of heaving (lifting with difficulty); an instance of violent exertion or straining.
8. noun An act of lifting; a lift.

Similar words

heftiness ponderousness massiveness ponderosity heave heave up heft up bulk weight matter

Often followed by

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Word family

hefted hefting hefts