Canadian English Meaning of hundredweight
hundredweight
Other Canadian English words related to hundredweight
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Nearest Words of hundredweight
- hundredth => hundredth
- hundred-percenter => hundred-percenter
- hundredfold => Hundredfold
- hundreder => centurion
- hundred-and-twenty-fifth => hundred and twenty-fifth
- hundred-and-twentieth => one hundred and twentieth
- hundred-and-thirty-fifth => one hundred and thirty-fifth
- hundred-and-thirtieth => one hundred and thirtieth
- hundred-and-tenth => hundred and tenth
- hundred-and-sixty-fifth => hundred and sixty-fifth
- hung => hung
- hung jury => hung jury
- hungarian => Hungarian
- hungarian capital => Hungarian capital
- hungarian goulash => Hungarian goulash
- hungarian grass => Hungarian grass
- hungarian lilac => Hungarian lilac
- hungarian monetary unit => Hungarian monetary unit
- hungarian partridge => Hungarian partridge
- hungarian pointer => Hungarian Pointer
Definitions and Meaning of hundredweight in English
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.
FAQs About the word hundredweight
hundredweight
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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hundredth => hundredth, hundred-percenter => hundred-percenter, hundredfold => Hundredfold, hundreder => centurion, hundred-and-twenty-fifth => hundred and twenty-fifth,
