PENNYWEIGHT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

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

troy unit (any of the unit of the troy system of weights)

Meronyms (parts of "pennyweight"):

grain (1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams)

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

apothecaries' ounce; ounce; troy ounce (a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound)

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