"hundredweight" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-hundredweight.wav [US] Forms: hundredweight [plural], hundredweights [plural]
Etymology: 16th century, from hundred + weight. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hundred|weight}} hundred + weight Head templates: {{en-noun|hundredweight|s}} hundredweight (plural hundredweight or hundredweights)
  1. A measure of weight containing a hundred pounds, variously understood as
    (Canada, US) A unit of measurement containing 100 avoirdupois pounds (about 45.4 kg).
    Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Hundred, Units of measure Synonyms (100 lb. avoirdupois): short hundredweight, centner [rare], cental, quintal [historical]
    Sense id: en-hundredweight-en-noun-wUlChQ4V Disambiguation of Hundred: 27 30 20 23 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 29 26 30 15 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 30 20 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 29 21 20 Disambiguation of '100 lb. avoirdupois': 45 17 9 29
  2. A measure of weight containing a hundred pounds, variously understood as
    (UK, chiefly historical) A unit of measurement containing 112 avoirdupois pounds (eight stone or about 50.8 kg).
    Tags: UK, historical Categories (topical): Hundred, Units of measure Synonyms (112 lb. avoirdupois): long hundredweight, imperial hundredweight
    Sense id: en-hundredweight-en-noun-3XfOP4al Disambiguation of Hundred: 27 30 20 23 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 29 26 30 15 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 30 20 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 29 21 20 Disambiguation of '112 lb. avoirdupois': 31 49 14 7
  3. A measure of weight containing a hundred pounds, variously understood as
    (historical) Synonym of quintal, a unit of measurement containing various amounts depending on the objects weighed.
    Tags: historical Categories (topical): Hundred, Units of measure Synonyms: quintal [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-hundredweight-en-noun-BvzROhUU Disambiguation of Hundred: 27 30 20 23 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 29 26 30 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 30 20 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 29 21 20
  4. A measure of weight containing a hundred pounds, variously understood as
    (historical) Various units of ancient measurement systems consisting of 100 units usually translated as "pounds".
    Tags: historical Categories (topical): Hundred, Units of measure
    Sense id: en-hundredweight-en-noun-sqpm7gj2 Disambiguation of Hundred: 27 30 20 23 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 29 26 30 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 30 20 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 29 21 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cwt. [abbreviation] Synonyms (historical units): centenary Related terms: bushel Translations (unit of one hundred pounds): قِنْطَار (qinṭār) (Arabic), হন্দর (hondor) (Bengali), центнер (centner) [masculine] (Bulgarian), quintar [masculine] (Catalan), sentneri (Finnish), quintal [masculine] (French), ცენტნერი (cenṭneri) (Georgian), Zentner [masculine] (German), क्विंटल (kviṇṭal) [masculine] (Hindi), कुंटल (kuṇṭal) [masculine] (Hindi), कुंतल (kuntal) [masculine] (Hindi), kuintal (Indonesian), céad [masculine] (Irish), quintal [masculine] (Middle French), chent [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), quintal [masculine] (Old French), قنطار (kantar) (Ottoman Turkish), قنطار (qentâr) (Persian), quintal [masculine] (Portuguese), quintal [masculine] (Spanish), kental (Turkish), cȧnkner [masculine] (Vilamovian)
Disambiguation of 'historical units': 27 26 20 27 Disambiguation of 'unit of one hundred pounds': 31 31 19 19

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