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HUNDREDWEIGHT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds

Synonyms:

cwt; hundredweight; long hundredweight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("hundredweight" is a kind of...):

avoirdupois unit (any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights)

Meronyms (parts of "hundredweight"):

quarter (a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds))

Holonyms ("hundredweight" is a part of...):

gross ton; long ton; ton (a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds

Synonyms:

cental; centner; cwt; hundredweight; quintal; short hundredweight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("hundredweight" is a kind of...):

avoirdupois unit (any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights)

Meronyms (parts of "hundredweight"):

quarter (a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds))

Holonyms ("hundredweight" is a part of...):

net ton; short ton; ton (a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms

Synonyms:

centner; doppelzentner; hundredweight; metric hundredweight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("hundredweight" is a kind of...):

metric weight unit; weight unit (a decimal unit of weight based on the gram)

Meronyms (parts of "hundredweight"):

centner (in some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms)

Holonyms ("hundredweight" is a part of...):

quintal (a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms)

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