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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ounce1 /aʊns/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Weights and Measuresa unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1&sfracdenom16&sfracend of a pound (28.349 grams) avoirdupois.
- Weights and Measuresa unit of weight equal to 480 grains or 1&sfracdenom12&sfracend of a pound (31.103 grams) troy or apothecaries' weight.
- Weights and Measuresa fluid ounce:Thirty-two ounces make a quart.
- a small quantity or portion:doesn't have an ounce of sense.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ounce1 (ouns),USA pronunciation n. - Weights and Measuresa unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1⁄16 pound (28.349 grams) avoirdupois.
- Weights and Measuresa unit of 480 grains, 1⁄12 pound (31.103 grams) troy or apothecaries' weight.
- Weights and Measuresa fluid ounce.
- a small quantity or portion.
- Latin uncia twelfth part, inch, ounce, derivative of unus one
- Middle French
- Middle English unce 1350–1400
- Zoology, MammalsSee snow leopard.
- Vulgar Latin *luncea, derivative of Latin lync- (stem of lynx) lynx
- Anglo-French; Old French once, variant of lonce (erroneously taken as l'once the ounce)
- Middle English unce lynx 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ounce /aʊns/ n - a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound (avoirdupois); 1 ounce is equal to 437.5 grains or 28.349 grams
Abbreviation: oz - a unit of weight equal to one twelfth of a Troy or Apothecaries' pound; 1 ounce is equal to 480 grains or 31.103 grams
- short for fluid ounce
- a small portion or amount
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French unce, from Latin uncia a twelfth; from ūnus one ounce /aʊns/ n - another name for snow leopard
Etymology: 18th Century: from Old French once, by mistaken division of lonce as if l'once, from Latin lynx |