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CATTIE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cattie mean?
• CATTIE (noun)
The noun CATTIE has 1 sense:
1. any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)
Familiarity information: CATTIE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
cattie; catty
Hypernyms ("cattie" is a kind of...):
weight; weight unit (a unit used to measure weight)
Domain region:
Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)
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