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How to pronounce heft in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms heftiness, massiveness, ponderosity, ponderousness
Type of weightiness, heaviness
Derivation hefty
Type Words
Synonyms heave, heave up, heft up
Type of lift
Has types weigh the anchor, upheave, weigh anchor
Type Words
Type of weigh, librate

Examples of heft

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It was pop history in the flesh, with all the emotional heft that comes with it.
From the sfgate.com
It gives the draw more credibility and heft when the likes of Nadal are entered.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
The tooth, Druckman says, has a smoothness of ivory and a tremendous heft to it.
From the delawareonline.com
These man-made marvels have the look and heft of natural stone minus the upkeep.
From the timesunion.com
Slam the doors or pop open the glove box, and you'll notice that they lack heft.
From the bloomberg.com
If academic papers had that much heft the world would be a very different place.
From the businessweek.com
If only global finance were like sumo wrestling, where sheer heft equals power.
From the businessweek.com
That will give it extra traction and heft against rivals such as Accenture Ltd.
From the businessweek.com
In episodes to come, the series takes on greater heft as it focuses on character.
From the online.wsj.com
More examples
  • Heave: lift or elevate
  • The property of being large in mass
  • Test the weight of something by lifting it
  • Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike (HEFT), assigned the State Road 821 (SR 821) designation by the Florida Department of Transportation, and originally known as the West Dade Expressway, is a southern extension of the tolled Florida's Turnpike, running around the north and west sides of ...
  • Weight; heaviness, the feel of weight; A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted; An animal that has become hefted thus; A West of Ireland term for poor condition in sheep caused by mineral deficiency; To lift up; especially, to lift something heavy; To test the ...
  • Weight, ponderousness.