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hundredweights

hundredweights is the plural of hundredweight.

Meaning of hundredweight

Noun

hundredweight (plural hundredweight or hundredweights)

  1. (Canada, US) A unit of measurement containing 100 avoirdupois pounds (about 45.4 kg).
    Synonyms:
    short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal
  2. (UK, historical) A unit of measurement containing 112 avoirdupois pounds (eight stone or about 50.8 kg).
    • The hundredweight of 112 avoirdupois lbs. becomes general in the period before me, and is employed for the commoner kinds of materials.1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume IV, page 209
  3. (historical) Synonym of quintal, a unit of measurement containing various amounts depending on the objects weighed.
    Synonyms:
    quintal
  4. (historical) Various units of ancient measurement systems consisting of 100 units usually translated as "pounds".

Questions about hundredweights

What is hundredweights the plural of?
Hundredweights is the plural of hundredweight.

Words near hundredweights in the dictionary

  1. hundredth
  2. hundredth monkey
  3. hundredthly
  4. hundredths
  5. hundredweight
  6. hundredweights
  7. hundreth
  8. Hundshamer
  9. Hundt
  10. Hundts
  11. hundy

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