APOTHECARIES' UNIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does apothecaries' unit mean? 

• APOTHECARIES' UNIT (noun)
  The noun APOTHECARIES' UNIT has 1 sense:

1. any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces

  Familiarity information: APOTHECARIES' UNIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APOTHECARIES' UNIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

apothecaries' unit; apothecaries' weight

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

weight; weight unit (a unit used to measure weight)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "apothecaries' unit"):

grain (1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams)

scruple (a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains)

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

apothecaries' ounce; ounce; troy ounce (a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound)

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