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Hundredweight

nounid 72957·updated May 18, 2026
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a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds

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Variants

synonym
centalcentnercwtdoppelzentnerlong hundredweightmetric hundredweightquintalshort hundredweight
plural
Hundredweights
possessive
Hundredweight's
pluralpossessive
Hundredweights'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds
§2
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
§3
a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms

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