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heavy-duty
[ hev-ee-doo-tee, -dyoo- ]
adjective
- providing an unusual amount of power, durability, etc.:
heavy-duty machinery; heavy-duty shoes.
- very important, impressive, or serious:
heavy-duty involvement; heavy-duty questions.
heavy-duty
noun
- made to withstand hard wear, bad weather, etc
heavy-duty uniforms
- subject to high import or export taxes
Word History and Origins
Origin of heavy-duty1
Example Sentences
It later adopted a number of rules curtailing diesel pollution in heavy-duty trucks and equipment at ports.
At 3:40 p.m., the four motorcyclists head to their truck to claim their bikes and don chest protectors, heavy-duty knee-high boots, knee pads and bedazzled helmets.
He had a job at a warehouse, doing heavy-duty lifting and taking inventory, but even that’s being taken over by computers and robots.
The CHP was coordinating with the pilot and two heavy-duty tow trucks to remove the aircraft.
Despite historic investments in electric school buses and heavy-duty truck charging, much more infrastructure will be needed to charge however many electric buses that can be secured for the Games.
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