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Hundredweight Common

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Hundredweight has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms

2

a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds

3

a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds

4

A measure of weight containing 100 avoirdupois pounds (45.5 kg).

See Also
long hundredweight short hundredweight cwt cloff quintal bushel stone clough
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
metric weight unit avoirdupois unit
Rhyming Words
ght ight ought dight bight tight fight eight night might light pight aught hight aight right wight sight voight blight
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