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

1 sense of troy ounce

Sense 1
ounce, troy ounce, apothecaries' ounce -- (a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound)
       => 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)
       => troy unit -- (any of the unit of the troy system of weights)

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