Ounce - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |aʊns|  American pronunciation of the word ounce
Brit.  |aʊns|  British pronunciation of the word ounce

noun

- a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound
- a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams
- large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur

Extra examples

He hasn't got an ounce of sense.

If you had an ounce of sense you wouldn't believe him!

Every ounce of attention was focused on our common goal.

Word forms

noun
singular: ounce
plural: ounces
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