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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 gramsplay

  Familiarity information: TROY POUND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TROY POUND (noun)


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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