super-heavy
adjective
(alsosuperheavy)uk/ˌsuːpəˈhev.i/us/ˌsuːpɚˈhev.i/weighingmuch more thannormal, andneedinga lot ofefforttomoveorlift:
Super-heavytrucksare to beallowedon the country'sroads.
Superheavybackpacksmayharmchildren'sgrowingbonesandjoints.
chemistry,physicsspecialized
A super-heavyelementis one that has ahigheratomicmass(= theamountofsubstancecontainedin thesmallestunitof aparticularchemicalelement)thanuranium:
Not manylabshave thenecessaryequipmentto doworkon super-heavyelements.
- I'vetrieda lot ofpans,includingsuper-heavyironones.
- The super-heavytankswerebelievedto beindestructible.
- Scientists at thelabhavedevelopeda newmethodof making super-heavyelements.
Thick, dense and heavy
- cakey
- claggy
- clumsy
- clunky
- cumbersome
- density
- heavily
- heavy
- ponderous
- ponderously
- sludgy
- super-thick
- thick
- thicken
- ultra-heavy
- unwieldy
- weigh
- weigh a tonidiom
- weighty
- wiry
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