"avoirdupois ounce" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: avoirdupois ounces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} avoirdupois ounce (plural avoirdupois ounces)
  1. A unit of weight in the avoirdupois system of units, equal to one sixteenth of a avoirdupois pound. Categories (topical): Units of measure

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