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Definition of Heavy-duty
1. Adjective. Designed for heavy work. "Heavy-duty gloves"
Definition of Heavy-duty
1. Adjective. Designed to withstand hard usage without breaking. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heavy-duty
Literary usage of Heavy-duty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transatlantic Sketches, Comprising Visits to the Most Interesting Scenes in by James Edward Alexander (1833)
"Heavy duty on flour.—Strange conduct of Spanish Officers.—Spanish Troops.—A Sugar
Colonel.—Excursion into the interior.—The Monteros Caravans. ..."
2. Wharf Management, Stevedoring and Storage by Roy Samuel MacElwee, Thomas Rothwell Taylor (1921)
"heavy-duty Cranes.—It is obvious that if cranes are designed for operation at
low capacity in favor of rapid movement and economy of current consumption, ..."
3. Wharf Management, Stevedoring and Storage by Roy Samuel MacElwee, Thomas Rothwell Taylor (1921)
"heavy-duty Cranes.—It is obvious that if cranes are designed for operation at
low capacity in favor of rapid movement and economy of current consumption, ..."
4. Encyclopedic Dictionary of American Reference by John Franklin Jameson, James William Buel (1901)
"a heavy duty was laid on all sugar and molasses imported into the Amercan colonies
from the French islands. ..."
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