lead weights
Dense metal ballast
Lead weights are heavy objects made of lead, used where concentrated mass is needed in a small space.
Divers wear them for buoyancy control, fishermen attach them to lines to sink bait, and they balance vehicle wheels.
Figuratively, something that feels like a lead weight is oppressively heavy: Dread sat in her stomach like a lead weight.
- sinkersWeights that pull lines down
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
- fishing tackleEquipment for catching fish
- plumbExactly vertical or true
- heavyOf great mass
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- ballast typeswater ballast, sandbags, gravel, concrete blocks, crushed stone
- fishing gearfishing rod, hook, spinning rod, spinning reel, nets
- LeadPb, galena
- tacklefishing rod, hooks, fishing reel, sinkers, fishhook
- calibration weights
- fishingfishing rod, fish, angling, bass fishing, fishing gear
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Remains on surface
buoys · flotation devices · corks · life preservers · life jackets
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Gas-filled flying decorations
feathers · aerogel · down · thistledown · balsa wood
lead weightslife jackets
Wearable flotation devices
life vests · water wings · life rings · PFDs
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