cental
/ˈsɛntəl/
cental noun: a weight of one hundred avoirdupois pounds.
Noun
cental (plural centals)
- A weight of one hundred avoirdupois pounds.
- Thin native steers, dressing 56 pounds per cwt., $10.50 per cental;1873 April, Monthly Report of the Department of Agriculture, page 206
- The practice of buying or selling grain by the 100 pounds, or the cental system, is becoming almost universal, and has many advantages over the old practice of selling grain by the bushel.1888, C. Frusher Howard, Howard's Anglo-American art of reckoning, page 75
- Synonyms:
- hundredweight
Adjective
cental (not comparable)
- Relating to a hundred.
- Pertaining to a cent (unit of currency, typically worth 1/100 of the base unit of currency).
- cental coins
- Cental coin will be exchanged at the rate of two cents of a shilling for one cent of a rupee or florin .1930, Tanganyika, “East African Rupee and Florin Currency”, in Official Gazette, page 470
Synonyms of cental
Forms of cental
| plural | centals |
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Origin of cental
From Latin centum (“a hundred”) + -al, perhaps modeled after quintal.
Words that rhyme with cental
- mental
- transcendental
- accidental
- complemental
- gentle
- elemental
- oriental
- rental
- trental
- continental
- dental
- experimental
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- instrumental
- incruental
- lentil
- predental
- temperamental
- bidental
- coincidental
- decremental
- documental
- emolumental
- environmental
- firmamental
- interdental
- interdepartmental
- judgmental
- occidental
- parliamental
- pseudodental
- submental
- supradental
- addental
- adjustmental
- advectional
- affectational
- agro-environmental
- alimental
- alveolodental
- amental
- antidental
- apartmental
- apicodental
- aplacental
- argental
- argumental
- atlantodental
- atramental
- bimental
- bioenvironmental
- biparental
- cemental
- cervicomental
- cliental
- compartmental
- componental
- craniodental
- departmental
- developmental
- diaplacental
Questions about cental
- What does cental mean?
- Cental means a weight of one hundred avoirdupois pounds.
- What part of speech is cental?
- Cental can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce cental?
- Cental is pronounced /ˈsɛntəl/.
- What is the plural of cental?
- The plural of cental is centals.
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