BRITISH SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does British system mean? 

• BRITISH SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun BRITISH SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. a system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint

  Familiarity information: BRITISH SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRITISH SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

British Imperial System; British system; English system

Hypernyms ("British system" is a kind of...):

system of weights and measures (system of measurement for length and weight and duration)

Meronyms (parts of "British system"):

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