CENTNER
Dictionary entry overview: What does centner mean?
• CENTNER (noun)
The noun CENTNER has 3 senses:
1. a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
2. in some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms
3. a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
Familiarity information: CENTNER used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CENTNER (noun)
Meaning:
A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
centner; doppelzentner; hundredweight; metric hundredweight
Hypernyms ("centner" is a kind of...):
metric weight unit; weight unit (a decimal unit of weight based on the gram)
Meronyms (parts of "centner"):
centner (in some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms)
Holonyms ("centner" is a part of...):
quintal (a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms)
Meaning:
In some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("centner" is a kind of...):
metric weight unit; weight unit (a decimal unit of weight based on the gram)
Meronyms (parts of "centner"):
myg; myriagram (one ten thousandth of a centner)
Holonyms ("centner" is a part of...):
centner; doppelzentner; hundredweight; metric hundredweight (a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms)
Meaning:
A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
cental; short hundredweight; cwt; hundredweight; quintal; centner
Hypernyms ("centner" is a kind of...):
avoirdupois unit (any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights)
Meronyms (parts of "centner"):
quarter (a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds))
Holonyms ("centner" is a part of...):
net ton; short ton; ton (a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds)
