Ounce (oz)
The ounce is used for small masses, food, precious metals, and English-language recipes.
History: the ounce goes back to the Roman uncia, one twelfth; in the avoirdupois system it became 1/16 of a pound.
Quickly convert ounces to pounds without lookup tables or manual math.
This page is focused on converting ounces to pounds. Type a number into the first field and the result appears immediately in the second field.
Example: 1 oz = 0.0625 lb. Conversion formula: result = value × 0.028349523125 / 0.45359237.
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The ounce is used for small masses, food, precious metals, and English-language recipes.
History: the ounce goes back to the Roman uncia, one twelfth; in the avoirdupois system it became 1/16 of a pound.
The pound is used in the United States and the United Kingdom for body weight, food, parcels, and goods.
History: the international avoirdupois pound is standardized as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms.
Enter a value in the Ounce field. The converter applies the formula "result = value × 0.028349523125 / 0.45359237" and immediately shows the result in pounds.
1 oz = 0.0625 lb.
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