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hundredweight

noun

Meaning

  1. A measure of weight containing 100 avoirdupois pounds (45.5 kg).
  2. A measure of weight containing 8 stone or 112 avoirdupois pounds (51 kg).

Etymology / origin

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Related words

centner(English)cwt(English)cental(English)quintal(English)doppelzentner(English)long hundredweight(English)metric hundredweight(English)short hundredweight(English)abeam(English)avoirdupois(English)ton(English)ringing(English)

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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