English Explanatory Dictionary

hundredweight

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A measure of weight containing a hundred pounds, variously understood as
  2. A unit of measurement containing 100 avoirdupois pounds (about 45.4 kg).
  3. A unit of measurement containing 112 avoirdupois pounds (eight stone or about 50.8 kg).
  4. Synonym of quintal, a unit of measurement containing various amounts depending on the objects weighed.
  5. Various units of ancient measurement systems consisting of 100 units usually translated as "pounds".

Pronunciation

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Word forms

hundredweight hundredweights cwt.

Etymology

16th century, from hundred + weight.

Synonyms

long hundredweight imperial hundredweight centenary short hundredweight centner cental quintal

Related words

bushel

Translations

Arabic: قِنْطَار Bengali: হন্দর Breton: kantolz Bulgarian: центнер Catalan: quintar Finnish: sentneri French: quintal Middle French: quintal Old French: quintal Galician: quintal Georgian: ცენტნერი German: Zentner Hindi: क्विंटल Hindi: कुंटल Hindi: कुंतल Indonesian: kuintal Irish: céad Norman: chent Persian: قنطار Portuguese: quintal Spanish: quintal Turkish: kental Ottoman Turkish: قنطار Vilamovian: cȧnkner Welsh: canpwys
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