ounce
1a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
a unit of 480 grains, 1/12 pound (31.1 grams) troy or apothecaries' weight.
a fluid ounce.
a small quantity or portion.
Origin of ounce
1Other definitions for ounce (2 of 2)
Origin of ounce
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How to use ounce in a sentence
He suggests downing an additional eight to 16 ounces every hour throughout the day.
“If someone drinks [more than] 20 ounces of soda per day, switching them to diet soda will help weight loss,” Roussell says.
HydrateYou know the drill: 64 ounces, two quarts, eight cups.
She was by then a regular pipe smoker, consuming two ounces of Gold Block a week.
The Week in Death: Clarissa Dickson Wright, One of ‘Two Fat Ladies’ | The Telegraph | March 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHow about estimating the number of ounces, or reading the information from a recipe book?
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The indigent Jakut exchanges his most valuable furs and skins for a few ounces of the "Circassian weed."
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.The number of Boas-Oppler bacilli can be increased by administering a few ounces of sugar of milk the day before the examination.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddStrain the mixture through a linen rag several times; adding, at the last operation, two ounces of bear's grease.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyTo half a tennis-lawn add two ounces of croquet-mallet and three arches of pergola, and reduce the whole to a fine powder.
My own interest, in the first place; if you seize the conducta by my aid, you will give me five hundred ounces.
The Border Rifles | Gustave Aimard
British Dictionary definitions for ounce (1 of 2)
/ (aʊns) /
a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound (avoirdupois); 1 ounce is equal to 437.5 grains or 28.349 grams: Abbreviation: oz
a unit of weight equal to one twelfth of a Troy or Apothecaries' pound; 1 ounce is equal to 480 grains or 31.103 grams
short for fluid ounce
a small portion or amount
Origin of ounce
1British Dictionary definitions for ounce (2 of 2)
/ (aʊns) /
another name for snow leopard
Origin of ounce
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for ounce
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A unit of weight in the US Customary System equal to 116 of a pound or 437.5 grains (28.35 grams). See Table at measurement.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with ounce
In addition to the idiom beginning with ounce
- ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, an
also see:
- more bang for the buck (bounce for the ounce)
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