throw-weight

1. 1.

   the weight of the payload of a missile (not including the weight of the rocket)

   Broaderweight

Questions about throw-weight

What does throw-weight mean?

throw-weight means "the weight of the payload of a missile (not including the weight of the rocket)".

How many syllables are in throw-weight?

throw-weight has 2 syllables: throw--weight. The stress falls on "throw-".

Is throw-weight a common word?

throw-weight is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.