NOUN | quantity | lb, pound | 16 ounces avoirdupois |
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Sounds | paw'nd | |
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Rhymes | abound ... wound: 56 rhymes with awnd... |
Meaning | 16 ounces avoirdupois. | |
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Synonym | pound | |
Part of | quarter | A quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) |
stone | An avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body | |
Parts | half pound | 8 ounces avoirdupois |
ounce, oz. | A unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams | |
Broader | avoirdupois unit | Any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights |
Spanish | lb, libra | |
Catalan | lliura |
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