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avoirdupois pounds

avoirdupois pounds is the plural of avoirdupois pound.

Meaning of avoirdupois pound

Noun

avoirdupois pound (plural avoirdupois pounds)

  1. A unit of weight in the avoirdupois system of weights, defined as 0.45359237 kg in most of the English-speaking world since 1959.

Questions about avoirdupois pounds

What is avoirdupois pounds the plural of?
Avoirdupois pounds is the plural of avoirdupois pound.

Words near avoirdupois pounds in the dictionary

  1. avoird.
  2. avoirdupois
  3. avoirdupois ounce
  4. avoirdupois ounces
  5. avoirdupois pound
  6. avoirdupois pounds
  7. avoirdupoises
  8. avoision
  9. Avokaya
  10. avoke
  11. avoked

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