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CENTAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cental mean? 

CENTAL (noun)
  The noun CENTAL has 1 sense:

1. a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 poundsplay

  Familiarity information: CENTAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CENTAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

cental; centner; cwt; hundredweight; quintal; short hundredweight

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "cental"):

quarter (a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds))

Holonyms ("cental" is a part of...):

net ton; short ton; ton (a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds)


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