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Meaning of hundredweight
hundredweight (n)
a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds
hundredweight (n.)
A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes called the short ton, being the legal ton.
hundredweight Sentence Examples
- The truck was laden with hundreds of hundredweight of grain.
- Each sack of sugar weighed a hundredweight, making it heavy to carry.
- The farmer harvested over a hundredweight of tomatoes this season.
- The weight limit for the bridge was a strict hundredweight.
- The blacksmith forged a hundredweight of iron into a magnificent sword.
- The ship's cargo included a hundredweight of exotic spices.
- The weight of the elephant exceeded a hundredweight by a significant margin.
- The wagon groaned under the weight of a hundredweight of bricks.
- The price of a hundredweight of cotton fluctuated with market demand.
- The weight of the cannonballs used in the battle surpassed a hundredweight.
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a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms, a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds, a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 poundsA denominatio
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The truck was laden with hundreds of hundredweight of grain.
Each sack of sugar weighed a hundredweight, making it heavy to carry.
The farmer harvested over a hundredweight of tomatoes this season.
The weight limit for the bridge was a strict hundredweight.
