NOUN | quantity | centner, hundredweight, metric hundredweight, doppelzentner | a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms |
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quantity | centner | in some European countries | |
quantity | centner, hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, cental, quintal | a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds |
Sounds | seh'ntner | |
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Rhymes | Afrikaner ... yawner: 180 rhymes with ner... |
Meaning | A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms. | |
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Synonyms | hundredweight, metric hundredweight, doppelzentner | |
Part of | quintal | A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms |
Parts | centner | In some European countries |
Broader | metric weight unit, weight unit | A decimal unit of weight based on the gram |
Spanish | quintal | |
Catalan | quintar |
Meaning | In some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms. | |
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Part of | hundredweight, metric hundredweight, doppelzentner, centner | A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms |
Parts | myriagram, myg | One ten thousandth of a centner |
Broader | metric weight unit, weight unit | A decimal unit of weight based on the gram |
Meaning | A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds. | |
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Synonyms | hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, cental, quintal | |
Part of | short ton, ton, net ton | A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds |
Parts | quarter | A quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) |
Broader | avoirdupois unit | Any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights |
Spanish | quintal | |
Catalan | quintar |
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