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Meaning of ounce in English
Pronunciation
/aʊns/
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Noun
ounce
Etymology
Middle English: from Old French unce, from Latin uncia‘twelfth part (of a pound or foot)’; compare with inch
Definitions
1.
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
2.
a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams
3.
large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur