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 ²  (ouns)

n.

See snow leopard.

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[Middle English unce, from Old French once, alteration of lonce, from Vulgar Latin *luncea, from Latin lynx, lync-, lynx, from Greek lunx; see leuk- 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)

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ounce

n ounce [auns]

(usually abbreviated toozwhen written) a unit of weight, 28.35 grammes. ons أوقِيَّه унция unce unse die Unze ουγγιά onza unts اونس unssi once אוֹנקִיָה एक तोल unca, 28,35 grama uncia ons únsa oncia オンス 온스 uncija unce aun ons unse uncja onça uncie унция unca unča unca uns หน่วยวัดน้ำหนักเป็นออนซ์ ons 盎司 унція اونس، ايک وزن aoxơ (đơn vị đo lường Anh) = 28,35 gam 盎司