"thousandweight" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thousandweight [plural], thousandweights [plural]
Etymology: From thousand + weight. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|thousand|weight}} thousand + weight Head templates: {{en-noun|*|s}} thousandweight (plural thousandweight or thousandweights)
  1. A measure of weight consisting of a thousand pounds. Coordinate_terms: hundredweight
    Sense id: en-thousandweight-en-noun-S2yTm~-v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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