English > avoirdupois unit: 1 sense > noun 1, quantity| Meaning | Any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights. |
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| Part of | British Imperial System, English system, British system | A system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint |
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| avoirdupois, avoirdupois weight | A system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains) |
| Narrower | dram | 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams |
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| grain | 1/7000 pound |
| half pound | 8 ounces avoirdupois |
| hundredweight, cwt, long hundredweight | A British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds |
| hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal | A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds |
| kiloton | One thousand tons |
| long ton, ton, gross ton | A British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds |
| megaton | One million tons |
| ounce, oz. | A unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams |
| pound, lb | 16 ounces avoirdupois |
| quarter | A quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) |
| quarter pound | 4 ounces avoirdupois |
| short ton, ton, net ton | A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds |
| stone | An avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body |
| Broader | mass unit | A unit of measurement for mass |
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