avoirdupois
Meaning of avoirdupois
noun
- a system of weights based on a pound of 16 ounces or 7,000 grains, widely used in English-speaking countries.
avoirdupois weights
a pound avoirdupois
Middle English (denoting merchandise sold by weight): from Old French aveir de peis ‘goods of weight’, from aveir ‘to have’ (infinitive used as a noun, from Latin habere ) + peis ‘weight’ (see poise1).
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Hyphenation of avoirdupois
av-oir-du-pois
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- avoirdupois is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
avoirdupois synonyms
Meaning fatness:
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