Canadian French Meaning of hundredweight
quintal
Other Canadian French words related to quintal
No Synonyms and anytonyms found
Nearest Words of hundredweight
- hundredth => centième
- hundred-percenter => cent pour cent
- hundredfold => Centuple
- hundreder => centurion
- hundred-and-twenty-fifth => cent vingt-cinquième
- hundred-and-twentieth => cent vingtième
- hundred-and-thirty-fifth => cent trente-cinquième
- hundred-and-thirtieth => cent trentième
- hundred-and-tenth => cent dixième
- hundred-and-sixty-fifth => cent soixante-cinquième
- hung => pendu
- hung jury => bloqué en jury
- hungarian => Hongrois
- hungarian capital => capitale hongroise
- hungarian goulash => Goulash hongrois
- hungarian grass => gazon hongrois
- hungarian lilac => lilas de Hongrie
- hungarian monetary unit => Unité monétaire hongroise
- hungarian partridge => Perdrix rouge
- hungarian pointer => Braque hongrois
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
quintal
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 => centième, hundred-percenter => cent pour cent, hundredfold => Centuple, hundreder => centurion, hundred-and-twenty-fifth => cent vingt-cinquième,
