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avoirdupois unit
Thesaurus| Noun | 1.avoirdupois unit - any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weightsBritish Imperial System, British system, English system - a system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pintmass unit - a unit of measurement for massavoirdupois, avoirdupois weight - a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)grain - 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligramsdram - 1/16 ounce or 1.771 gramsoz., ounce - a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 gramslb, pound - 16 ounces avoirdupois; "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"half pound - 8 ounces avoirdupoisquarter pound - 4 ounces avoirdupoisstone - an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds; "a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone"quarter - a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)long hundredweight, cwt, hundredweight - a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 poundscental, cwt, short hundredweight, hundredweight, quintal, centner - a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 poundsgross ton, long ton, ton - a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 poundsnet ton, short ton, ton - a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 poundskiloton - one thousand tonsmegaton - one million tons |
avoirdupois unit
Words related to avoirdupois unitnoun any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weightsRelated Words- British Imperial System
- British system
- English system
- mass unit
- avoirdupois
- avoirdupois weight
- grain
- dram
- oz.
- ounce
- lb
- pound
- half pound
- quarter pound
- stone
- quarter
- long hundredweight
- cwt
- hundredweight
- cental
- short hundredweight
- quintal
- centner
- gross ton
- long ton
- ton
- net ton
- short ton
- kiloton
- megaton
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