Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hundredweight

3 senses of hundredweight

Sense 1
hundredweight, metric hundredweight, doppelzentner, centner -- (a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms)
       => metric weight unit, weight unit -- (a decimal unit of weight based on the gram)

Sense 2
hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal -- (a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds)
       => avoirdupois unit -- (any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights)

Sense 3
hundredweight, cwt, long hundredweight -- (a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds)
       => avoirdupois unit -- (any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights)