lead weight
Dense metal mass
A lead weight is a heavy object made of lead, used where density matters—fishing sinkers, diving belts, wheel balancing, or exercise equipment.
The phrase also works figuratively for anything that drags down or burdens: The debt hung around their necks like a lead weight.
Lead's exceptional heaviness makes it the standard metaphor for oppressive mass.
- sinkerWeight on fishing line
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
- fishing tackleEquipment for catching fish
- split shotPinchable fishing line weight
- plumbExactly vertical or true
heavy · dense · metal · anchor · ballast · diving · bullet · shot · pellet · dull · gray · soft · toxic · apron · radiation shield · pencil · solder · ammunition
- burdensburden, load, onus, obligations, encumbrance
- fishing gearfishing rod, hook, spinning rod, spinning reel, nets
- Coarse Fishingcarp fishing, carp, tench, roach, perch
- sinkerssplit shot
- weightsgram, kilogram, ounce, pound, ton
- suffering metaphorsdrowning, bottomless pit, chains, cage, trapped
lead weightfloat
Buoyant object or vehicle
cork · buoy · flotation device · life preserver · bobber
lead weightfeather
Bird's body covering
featherweight · helium balloon · balloon · wisp · gossamer
lead, weight, leads, led, leading, leader, leaders, leadership, leaden