sash weight
- noun
- /sæʃ weɪt/
- Specialized
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contrapeso
- To fix the sliding window, I need to add a new sash weight to balance it properly.
Examples
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The old wooden windows were difficult to open because the sash weight was missing.
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But he was really killed with a sash weight.
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Fishermen kept bricks, iron sash weights, or concrete in pots to stabilize them on the bottom.
Academic text (1990) -
He replaced the broken sash weight in the window to ensure it would stay open.
Synonyms
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A weight that balances another weight in machines like cranes or elevators
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'sash weight' is directly interpretable by combining 'sash' (a sliding window frame) with 'weight' (an object providing heaviness), yielding a weight associated with a sash used as a counterbalance. This noun–noun composition follows regular English compounding patterns and would be readily understood by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Sash weight comes from old houses where a heavy metal bar, the weight, sits hidden inside the window frame to balance the sliding sash. That picture of a hidden heavy bar holding and helping the window explains why the word means 'a counterweight that helps a sash move up and down'.