ounce

ounce ¹  (ouns)

n.

1. Abbr. oz

a. A unit of weight in the U.S. Customary System, an avoirdupois unit equal to 437.5 grains (28.35 grams).

b. A unit of apothecary weight, equal to 480 grains (31.10 grams). See Table at measurement.

2. A fluid ounce. See Table at measurement.

3. A tiny bit: not an ounce of sympathy.

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[Middle English unce, from Old French, from Latin ncia; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots.]

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ounce

Noun

1. a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 28.4 grams

2. short for fluid ounce

3. a small amount: you haven't got one ounce of control over her [Latin uncia a twelfth]

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ounce  (ouns)

1. A unit of weight in the US Customary System equal to ¹/₁₆ of a pound or 437.5 grains (28.35 kilograms). See Table at measurement.

2. See fluid ounce.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ounce - a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound apothecaries' ounce, troy ounce troy unit - any of the unit of the troy system of weights apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight - any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces pennyweight - a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains drachm, drachma, dram - a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains apothecaries' pound, troy pound - an apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams
	2.	ounce - a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams oz. avoirdupois unit - any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights dram - 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams lb, pound - 16 ounces avoirdupois; "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"
	3.	ounce - large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur Panthera uncia, snow leopard big cat, cat - any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild genus Panthera, Panthera - lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers

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ounce

noun shred, bit, drop, trace, scrap, grain, particle, fragment, atom, crumb, snippet, speck, whit, iota

Translations

ounce [auns] n → onza (28.35g: 16 in a pound)

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ounce [auns] n → once f (28.35g; 16 in a pound)

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ounce [auns] n → Unze f (fig) (small amount) → bisschen nt

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ounce [auns] n → oncia;

(= 28.35 g; 16 in a pound)