AVOIRDUPOIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does avoirdupois mean? 

• AVOIRDUPOIS (noun)
  The noun AVOIRDUPOIS has 2 senses:

1. a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)

2. excess bodily weight

  Familiarity information: AVOIRDUPOIS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AVOIRDUPOIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

avoirdupois; avoirdupois weight

Hypernyms ("avoirdupois" is a kind of...):

system of weights; weight (a system of units used to express the weight of something)

Meronyms (parts of "avoirdupois"):

avoirdupois unit (any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Excess bodily weight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

avoirdupois; blubber; fat; fatness

Context example:

she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others

Hypernyms ("avoirdupois" is a kind of...):

bodily property (an attribute of the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "avoirdupois"):

adiposeness; adiposity; fattiness (having the property of containing fat)

abdominousness; paunchiness (the bodily property of a protruding belly)

greasiness; oiliness; oleaginousness (consisting of or covered with oil)

corpulency; fleshiness; obesity (more than average fatness)

steatopygia (an extreme accumulation of fat on the buttocks)

 Context examples 

The avoirdupois ounce is equal to 1/16 pound, or 28.3495 grams, or 0.911 457 troy ounce.

(Ounce, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-SI unit of energy equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound avoirdupois of air-free water by one degree Fahrenheit at a constant pressure of one atmosphere, based on the definition of the thermochemical calorie (exactly 4.1840 joules) by the U.S. Bureau of Standards, 1953.

(British Thermal Unit Thermochemical, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-SI unit of energy equal to 1/180 of the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound avoirdupois of air-free water from 32 to 212 degrees Fahrenheit at a constant pressure of one atmosphere.

(British Thermal Unit Mean, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-SI unit of energy equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound avoirdupois of air-free water by one degree Fahrenheit (from 59.5 to 60.5 degrees) at a constant pressure of one atmosphere.

(British Thermal Unit 60 Degrees Fahrenheit, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-SI unit of energy equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound avoirdupois of air-free water by one degree Fahrenheit (from 38.5 to 39.5 degrees) at a constant pressure of one atmosphere.

(British Thermal Unit 39 Degrees Fahrenheit, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-SI unit of energy equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound avoirdupois of air-free water by one degree Fahrenheit (from 58.5 to 59.5 degrees) at a constant pressure of one atmosphere.

(British Thermal Unit 59 Degrees Fahrenheit, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-SI unit of energy equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound avoirdupois of air-free water by one degree Fahrenheit at a constant pressure of one atmosphere.

(British Thermal Unit, NCI Thesaurus)