hundredweight definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms [syn: hundredweight, metric hundredweight, doppelzentner, centner] 2: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds [syn: hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal] 3: a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds [syn: hundredweight, cwt, long hundredweight] Merriam Webster's noun (plural hundredweight ...
long hundredweight definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds [syn: hundredweight, cwt, long hundredweight] Merriam Webster's noun Date: circa 1934 British hundredweight 2
short hundredweight definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds [syn: hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1924 hundredweight 1
metric hundredweight definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms [syn: hundredweight, metric hundredweight, doppelzentner, centner]
... United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds [syn: hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal] 2: a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds [syn: hundredweight, cwt, long hundredweight] Merriam Webster's abbreviation hundredweight Collin's Cobuild Dictionary cwt is a written abbreviation for hundredweight.
... United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds [syn: hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English ... of a hundred — more at centenary Date: 15th century 1. hundredweight 2. a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms (about ... n. 1 a weight of about 100 lb. 2 a hundredweight (112 lb.). 3 a weight of 100 kg. Etymology: ME ... centum a hundred. See Hundred, and cf. Kentle.] 1. A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used ...
... United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds [syn: hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Latin centum + English -al (as in quintal) Date: 1870 chiefly British hundredweight 1 Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cental Cen"tal, n. [L ... avoirdupois; -- called in many parts of the United States a Hundredweight. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cental Cen"tal, n. Relating to ... the method of buying and selling by the cental, or hundredweight.
... 1: a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms [syn: hundredweight, metric hundredweight, doppelzentner, centner] 2: in some European countries: a unit of ... United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds [syn: hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: probably from ... to which the other parts are proportioned. 2. The commercial hundredweight in several of the continental countries, varying in different places ...
... is coming from that quarter" 8: a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) 9: a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds) 10: a United States or Canadian coin worth ... measure equivalent to 8 bushels. b one-fourth of a hundredweight (28 lb. or US 25 lb.). 14 a each of ... hundred-weight, being 25 or 28 pounds, according as the hundredweight is reckoned at 100 or 112 pounds. (b) The fourth ...