ounce
Meanings
Plural: ounces
Noun
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
- a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams
- large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur
- An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams.
- A troy ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₂ of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1034768 grams.
- A US fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₁₆ of a US pint, 1.804688 cubic inches or 29.5735295625 millilitres.
- A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₂₀ of an imperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.4130625 millilitres.
- Any small amount, a little bit.
- A large wild feline, such as a lynx or cougar.
- Synonym of snow leopard, Panthera uncia.
- Synonym of onza, a particularly aggressive cougar or jaguarundi in Mexican folklore.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English ounce, unce, from Middle French once, from Latin uncia (“Roman ounce, various similar units”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of a, one, inch, uncia, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.
Synonyms
apothecaries' ounce, fl. oz., modicum, onza, oz., Panthera uncia, snow leopard, troy ounce, uncia, ℥
Scrabble Score: 7
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