heavy-duty
Americanadjective
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providing an unusual amount of power, durability, etc..
heavy-duty machinery; heavy-duty shoes.
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very important, impressive, or serious.
heavy-duty involvement; heavy-duty questions.
noun
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made to withstand hard wear, bad weather, etc
heavy-duty uniforms
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subject to high import or export taxes
Etymology
Origin of heavy-duty
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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Such tariffs are already in place on commodities such as steel and lumber and on certain industries such as makers of medium- and heavy-duty trucks.
So far, the big power equipment manufacturers have brushed aside concerns that these new players would erode pricing power for their large, heavy-duty turbines.
The fences were made out of heavy-duty chain link.
From Literature
The medium- and heavy-duty segment, in particular, had already greatly consolidated as automakers have struggled to electrify — and monetize — delivery vans, buses and big rigs in the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times
In my part of the world, heavy-duty pickups often work weekends, hauling the entrepreneurial class’s pleasure boats to and from the coast.
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