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TROY OUNCE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does troy ounce mean?

• TROY OUNCE (noun)
The noun TROY OUNCE has 1 sense:

1. a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound

Familiarity information: TROY OUNCE used as a noun is very rare.

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• TROY OUNCE (noun)

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Meaning:

A unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

apothecaries' ounce; ounce; troy ounce

Hypernyms ("troy ounce" is a kind of...):

troy unit (any of the unit of the troy system of weights)

apothecaries' unit; apothecaries' weight (any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces)

Meronyms (parts of "troy ounce"):

pennyweight (a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains)

drachm; drachma; dram (a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains)

Holonyms ("troy ounce" is a part of...):

apothecaries' pound; troy pound (an apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams)

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