THROW-WEIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does throw-weight mean? 

• THROW-WEIGHT (noun)
  The noun THROW-WEIGHT has 1 sense:

1. the weight of the payload of a missile (not including the weight of the rocket)

  Familiarity information: THROW-WEIGHT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THROW-WEIGHT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The weight of the payload of a missile (not including the weight of the rocket)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("throw-weight" is a kind of...):

weight (the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity)