QUINTAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quintal mean? 

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

1. a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms

2. a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds

  Familiarity information: QUINTAL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUINTAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

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

metric weight unit; weight unit (a decimal unit of weight based on the gram)

Meronyms (parts of "quintal"):

centner; doppelzentner; hundredweight; metric hundredweight (a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms)

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

metric ton; MT; t; tonne (a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms)

Sense 2

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 ("quintal" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "quintal"):

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

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

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