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TROY POUND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does troy pound mean?
• TROY POUND (noun)
The noun TROY POUND has 1 sense:
1. an apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams
Familiarity information: TROY POUND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
apothecaries' pound; troy pound
Hypernyms ("troy pound" is a kind of...):
troy unit (any of the unit of the troy system of weights)
apothecaries' unit; apothecaries' weight (any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces)
Meronyms (parts of "troy pound"):
apothecaries' ounce; ounce; troy ounce (a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound)
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