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Meanings of heavy-duty in English

Designed for heavy work.

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Examples for "light-duty"
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When driven by low horsepower electric motors, both chippers and hammermills are light-duty machines.
Organic Gardener's Composting
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But neither Ford nor General Motors currently offers a diesel engine option in light-duty pickups.
Reuters
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California cranked up its efforts in 1975, setting newly strict emission standards for light-duty cars.
Wired
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In October, F-Series light-duty pickups were briefly eclipsed in sales by GM's line of pickups.
Reuters
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At all three of those automakers, the light-duty pickup trucks are the company's best sellers.
Reuters
Usage of heavy-duty in English
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Tsunami Diary: Today we finally got stuck into the heavy-duty construction work.
The Irish Times
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He was down to the last heavy-duty power cell: twelve per cent.
The Reality Dysfunction
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People used to protect themselves by getting heavy-duty locks on their doors.
The new yorker
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The heavy-duty mechanic and welder also had to take time off work.
The Guardian
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In Asia, shipments of the Swedish group's heavy-duty trucks fell 35 percent.
Reuters
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For heavy soot buildup on the interior, use a heavy-duty grill cleaner.
Mastering the grill: the owner's manual for outdoor cooking
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He held up a heavy-duty manila envelope bulging with something square inside.
Naked Heat
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Ares grabbed the heavy-duty automatic rifle with a case of belt ammunition.
Book Three: The Final Exodus
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A heavy-duty saucepan with a tight-fitting lid is fine for preparing rice.
The cook's illustrated how-to-cook library
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GM had planned to move production of a super-heavy-duty pickup to Flint.
Reuters
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Bit heavy-duty industrial pliers were what got me there in the end.
Radio NZ
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Tramadol, the heavy-duty painkiller, is under similar scrutiny in the cycling world.
The Guardian
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And this: a bottle of heavy-duty painkillers, prescribed in Pittsburgh in 1977.
Climbing Magazine
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Finally I found a heavy-duty backpack and added that to the cart.
An ordinary decent criminal
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It's all about the foam, which is wrapped in heavy-duty ballistic nylon.
Rock and Ice Magazine
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The dogs were released from their crates and put on heavy-duty leashes.
Tough customer: a novel