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Ounce
The ounce is the name of several different units of mass, weight, or volume used in most British derived customary systems of measurement.
The common avoirdupois ounce (approximately 28.3 g) is 1⁄16 of a common avoirdupois pound; this is the United States customary and British imperial ounce. It is primarily used in the United States to measure packaged foods and food portions, postal items, areal density of fabric and paper, boxing gloves, and so on; but sometimes also elsewhere in the Anglosphere.
Besides the common ounce, several other ounces are in current use:
The troy ounce of 31.1034768 grams is used for the mass of precious metals such as gold, silver, platinum, palladium, rhodium, etc.
The ounce-force is a measure of weight, that is, force.
The fluid ounce is a measure of volume.Historically, a variety of different ounces measuring mass or volume were used in different jurisdictions by different trades.
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Ounce (noun)
An avoirdupois ounce, weighing 16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.3495 grams.
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Ounce (noun)
A troy ounce, weighing 12 of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1035 grams.
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Ounce (noun)
A US fluid ounce, with a volume of 16 of a US pint, 1.8047 cubic inches or 29.5735 millilitres.
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Ounce (noun)
A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of 20 of an imperial pint, 1.7339 cubic inches or 28.4131 millilitres.
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Ounce (noun)
A little bit.
“He didn’t feel even an ounce of regret for his actions.”
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Ounce (noun)
A large wild feline, such as a lynx or cougar. from 14th c.
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Ounce (noun)
Now specifically, the snow leopard, Uncia uncia. from 18th c.
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Pound (noun)
A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 37 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of “pound” as a unit of weight.
“lb”
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Pound (noun)
A unit of troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of weight when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
“lb t”
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Pound (noun)
The symbol # (octothorpe, hash)
“hash|sharp”
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Pound (noun)
The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.
“£|pound sterling|GBP|quid|nicker”
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Pound (noun)
Any of various units of currency used in Egypt and Lebanon, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Israel.
“punt”
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Pound (noun)
Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
“the Rhode Island pound; the New Hampshire pound”
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Pound (noun)
Abbreviation for pound-force, a unit of force/weight. Using this abbreviation to describe pound-force is inaccurate and unscientific.
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Pound (noun)
A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals. An animal shelter.
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Pound (noun)
A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc. Short form of impound.
“Beverly Hills Cop, Paramount Pictures, 1984:”
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Pound (noun)
A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
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Pound (noun)
A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
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Pound (noun)
A hard blow.
“pounding”
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Pound (verb)
To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
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Pound (verb)
To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
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Pound (verb)
To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
“rfex|en”
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Pound (verb)
To eat or drink very quickly.
“You really pounded that beer!”
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Pound (verb)
To pitch consistently to a certain location.
“The pitcher has been pounding the outside corner all night.”
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Pound (verb)
To beat strongly or throb.
“As I tiptoed past the sleeping dog, my heart was pounding but I remained silent.”
“My head was pounding.”
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Pound (verb)
To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
“I was pounding her all night!”
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Pound (verb)
To advance heavily with measured steps.
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Pound (verb)
To make a jarring noise, as when running.
“The engine pounds.”
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Pound (verb)
To wager a pound on.