ounce
Meaning of ounce
- a unit of weight of one sixteenth of a pound avoirdupois (approximately 28 grams).
melt three ounces of butter in a large frying pan
- a very small amount of something.
Robyn summoned up every ounce of strength
Middle English: from Old French unce, from Latin uncia ‘twelfth part (of a pound or foot)’; compare with inch1.
noun
another term for snow leopard.
Middle English: from Old French once, earlier lonce (the l- being misinterpreted as the definite article), based on Latin lynx, lync- (see lynx).
Information about ounce
- It is a name.
- The plural form of ounce is: ounces.
- Languages in which ounce is used:
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Hyphenation of ounce
ounce
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- ounce is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
ounce synonyms
Meaning a minute portion of matter:
Meaning a small piece or amount of something, especially one that is left over after the greater part has been used:
Meaning a small piece, part, or quantity of something:
Meaning a tiny spot:
Meaning an extremely small amount:
Meaning a very small part or amount:
Meaning a very small amount:
Meaning a mark, object, or other indication of the existence or passing of something:
Meaning the smallest particle of a chemical element that can exist:
Meaning a very small amount of something:
Meaning a small part broken off or separated from something:
Meaning the smallest possible quantity or amount of a quality:
Meaning a small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface:
Meaning a small round or roundish mark, differing in colour or texture from the surface around it:
Meaning a minute arachnid which has four pairs of legs when adult, related to the ticks. Many kinds live in the soil and a number are parasitic on plants or animals:
Meaning a tiny amount or part of something:
Meaning a small quantity of a particular thing, especially something desirable or valuable:
Meaning a small amount of something:
Meaning another term for smidgen:
Meaning a timber beam of small cross section:
Meaning a feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action:
Translation of ounce
- French: irbis, once
- Spanish: onza, irbis
- Portuguese: leopardo-das-neves
Anagrams of ounce
Words that rhyme with ounce
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