heft

noun/hɛft/

Frequency rank: #16,435 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

the weight or heaviness of something; substantial bulk.

Illustration for the English word “heft”

Example sentence

She picked up the old dictionary and was surprised by its heft.

Synonyms & related words

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