Synonyms for barbell
ˈbɑrˌbɛlbar·bell

Princeton's WordNet

1. barbellnoun

   a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightlifting

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1. • Weight

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. barbell

   Synonyms:
   Dumbbell, see there
   

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How to use barbell in a sentence?

1. Dennis Jose:

   Value spreads remain attractive, while quality stocks look very expensive. The fastest growing stocks in Europe also look cheaply priced, therefore from a portfolio perspective, we recommend a barbell approach of value stocks with good earnings momentum and high growth stocks.

2. Bryan Hinmon:

   I think what you're seeing is this sort of barbell approach with a rebound in domestic equity flows but also investors fleeing into bonds.

3. Winning sentence, 1990 Bulwer-Lytton bad fiction contest.:

   Delores breezed along the surface of her life like a flat stone forever skipping along smooth water, rippling reality sporadically but oblivious to it consistently, until she finally lost momentum, sank, and due to an over- dose of flouride as a child which caused her to suffer from chronic apathy, doomed herself to lie forever on the floor of her life as useless as an appendix and as lonely as a five-hundred pound barbell in a steroid-free fitness center.

4. Tyler Bourgoine:

   There were countless lead sinkers... everything from a boat ladder to a barbell.

5. Jessica Matthews:

   The performance style is starting to appeal to everyday people, it’s not just about getting active but about accomplishing a pull up or lifting a barbell overhead.