counterweight
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- (countable) A counterweight is a heavy mass of often iron or concrete that is used to reduce the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of load.
- Synonym: counterbalance
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- (transitive) If you counterweight something, you fit it with counterweight.
- Synonym: counterbalance