hundredweight

/ˌhʌndrədˈweɪt/
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Other forms: hundredweights

Definitions of hundredweight
  1. noun
    a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
    synonyms: cental, centner, cwt, quintal, short hundredweight
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    type of:
    avoirdupois unit
    any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights
  2. noun
    a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds
    synonyms: cwt, long hundredweight
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    type of:
    avoirdupois unit
    any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights
  3. noun
    a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
    synonyms: centner, doppelzentner, metric hundredweight
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    type of:
    metric weight unit, weight unit
    a decimal unit of weight based on the gram
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