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Oz 1  (z)
n.
An unreal, magical, often bizarre place: regarded New York City as the Oz of the Northeast.
[After the fantasy land Oz created by L. Frank Baum in The Wonderful World of Oz and other novels.]
Oz 2  (z)
n. Slang
Australia.
[Alteration of Aus(tralian).]
oz also oz.
abbr.
ounce
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.oz. - a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams
ounce
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"


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The children won't let me stop telling tales of the Land of Oz.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
My friends the children are responsible for this new "Oz Book," as they were for the last one, which was called The Land of Oz.
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As for one dozen well-manufactured silver spoons and forks at per oz.
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