hundredweight

hundredweight is a 13-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes called the short ton, being the legal ton. Face value is 25 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

13 letters · Scrabble 25 · Words With Friends 26 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes called the short ton, being the legal ton.
2. noun. a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds

   Synonyms: cwt

3. noun. a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds

   Synonyms: cental, centner, cwt, quintal

4. noun. a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms

   Synonyms: centner, doppelzentner

Synonyms

cwt, cental, centner, quintal, doppelzentner

Common word forms

hundredweights

Words from these letters

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