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Barbell vs Dogbone - What's the difference?

barbell | dogbone |

As nouns the difference between barbell and dogbone

is that barbell is (weightlifting) a wide steel bar with premeasured weights affixed to either end, with the central span open for the hands of the weightlifter while dogbone is a bone shaped like an elongated barbell.

barbell

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (weightlifting) A wide steel bar with premeasured weights affixed to either end, with the central span open for the hands of the weightlifter.

    • See also

    * dumbbell * kettlebell

    dogbone

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dog-bone

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bone shaped like an elongated barbell.
  • Any object with such a shape.

    • Anagrams

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