Associations to the word «Barbell»

Wiktionary

BARBELL, noun. (weightlifting) A wide steel bar with premeasured weights affixed to either end, with the central span open for the hands of the weightlifter.

Dictionary definition

BARBELL, noun. A bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightlifting.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats