HyperDic: short_hundredweight

English > 1 sense of the expression short hundredweight:
NOUNquantityshort hundredweight, hundredweight, cwt, centner, cental, quintala United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
English > short hundredweight: 1 sense > noun 1, quantity
MeaningA United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds.
Synonymshundredweight, cwt, centner, cental, quintal
Part ofshort ton, ton, net tonA United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
PartsquarterA quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
Broaderavoirdupois unitAny of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights
Spanishquintal
Catalanquintar

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