barbell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A wide steel bar with premeasured weights counterpoised at either end, with the central span open for the hands of the weightlifter.
A piece of jewellery composed of a straight bar with a bead on each end, used as a piercing.

/ˈbɑɹˌbɛl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-barbell.wav

barbell barbells

Blend of bar + dumbbell. The piercing is named after the exercise equipment, because of the visual resemblance.

weight bar

dumbbell kettlebell

barbell bar pad barbell cushion barbell pad barbell rack nanobarbell

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