Avoirdupois Moderate

Avoirdupois has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)

avoirdupois avoirdupois weight

excess bodily weight

"she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others"

fatness fat blubber avoirdupois

The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300.

See Also

avoirdupois ounce english troy weight pound force uk pound drachm liang

Related Terms

avoirdupois ounce english troy weight pound force uk pound drachm liang avoirdupois pound metric london usa heaviness dram weight af long ton

Antonyms

thinness

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

system of weights bodily property

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

adiposity abdominousness greasiness fleshiness steatopygia

Rhyming Words

ois fois bois lois dois pois laois whois alois clois elois trois semois niçois yprois valois galois dubois artois putois

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