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
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Other definitions for ounce (2 of 2)
Origin of ounce
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How to use ounce in a sentence
Regardless of the species used, once the sap is reduced to syrup, it has about 100 calories per ounce.
Make your own maple syrup without harming the trees | By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life | February 7, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIt wasn’t a promising start to a working relationship, but I continue to carry the “miracle ounce,” not only because it can keep my heart beating through a cold night but because nothing else in my pack can be put to so many practical uses.
The life-saving space blanket has humble origins | By Keith McCafferty/Field & Stream | January 21, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThese stemless plastic wine glasses are constructed from BPA free, virtually seamless plastic, plus they look like glass and can hold up to 16 ounces of liquid.
The best plastic cups that look better than most plastic cups | PopSci Commerce Team | January 18, 2021 | Popular-ScienceSo while fill power definitely shaves ounces for those looking to slim down their kit, the weight difference in many jackets is minor, and real weight savings are likely to come down to everything around the down.
The first, which Hassabis calls “strike mode,” involves pushing the team as hard as possible to wring every ounce of performance out of an existing system.
Know when to fold ’em: How a company best known for playing games used A.I. to solve one of biology’s greatest mysteries | Jeremy Kahn | November 30, 2020 | Fortune
Bunker, along with his brothers Herbert and Lamar, started buying silver in 1970, when it was $1.94 an ounce.
In 1988 he was jailed for seven months when police in Jersey found half an ounce of cocaine on board his chopper.
I paid $60 for two grams, which translates to $840 an ounce.
And yet, for all his outspoken defense of the Russian government, Rohrabacher has not received an ounce of gratitude from Moscow.
Meet The Putin-Loving Congressman Who’s Worried About Fluoride In Our Drinking Water | James Kirchick | July 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Sun On Sunday accused Tulisa of subsequently brokering a deal to supply reporters with half an ounce of cocaine.
It is only disposed to require a pretty strong solution of silver, say thirty grains to the ounce of water.
It should not exceed the ounce of tincture: about two drachms may be added after using it for paper.
It was the merest baby—half-an-ounce, perhaps—and it fell from the hook into the herbage some yards from the stream.
Uncanny Tales | VariousOne of them gave out fully a quarter of an ounce of purple fluid from the lower part of the fish.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamIt was a hair-raising problem, too, and called for every ounce of nerve and every particle of skill the boy possessed.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run | Stanley R. Matthews
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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