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Ounce

/ouns/

noun
- 1. 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 unit of one twelfth of a pound troy or apothecaries' measure, equal to 480 grains (approximately 31 grams).
- 2. a very small amount of something: "Robin summoned up every ounce of strength"
- 3. short for fluid ounce
Word Origin Middle English: from Old French unce, from Latin uncia ‘twelfth part (of a pound or foot)’; compare with inch1.
Scrabble Points: 7
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The ounce is any of several different units of mass, weight, or volume and is derived almost unchanged from the, an Ancient Roman unit of measurement. The avoirdupois ounce (exactly 28.349523125 g) is 1⁄16 avoirdupois pound; this is the United States customary and British imperial ounce. Wikipedia
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