APOTHECARIES' OUNCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound

Synonyms:

apothecaries' ounce; ounce; troy ounce

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("apothecaries' ounce" is a kind of...):

troy unit (any of the unit of the troy system of weights)

apothecaries' unit; apothecaries' weight (any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces)

Meronyms (parts of "apothecaries' ounce"):

pennyweight (a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains)

drachm; drachma; dram (a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains)

Holonyms ("apothecaries' ounce" is a part of...):

apothecaries' pound; troy pound (an apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams)