| has gloss | (noun) any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights
avoirdupois unit |
| lexicalization | eng: avoirdupois unit |
| subclass of | (noun) a unit of measurement for mass
mass unit |
| has subclass | (noun) 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
grain |
| has subclass | (noun) 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams
dram |
| has subclass | (noun) a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams
ounce, oz. |
| has subclass | (noun) 16 ounces avoirdupois; "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"
lb, pound |
| has subclass | (noun) 8 ounces avoirdupois
half pound |
| has subclass | (noun) 4 ounces avoirdupois
quarter pound |
| has subclass | (noun) an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds; "a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone"
stone |
| has subclass | (noun) a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
quarter |
| has subclass | (noun) a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds
long hundredweight, hundredweight, cwt |
| has subclass | (noun) a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
hundredweight, cwt, quintal, short hundredweight, centner, cental |
| has subclass | (noun) a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
ton, gross ton, long ton |
| has subclass | (noun) a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
net ton, short ton, ton |
| has subclass | (noun) one thousand tons
kiloton |
| has subclass | (noun) one million tons
megaton |