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av·oir·du·pois A0549800 (ăv′ər-də-poiz′)n.1. Abbr. av. or avdp. Avoirdupois weight.2. Informal Weight or heaviness, especially of a person.
[Middle English avoir de pois, commodities sold by weight, alteration of Old French aveir de peis, goods of weight : aveir, avoir, to have (from Latin habēre; see able) + de, of (from Latin dē, from; see de-) + peis, pois, weight (from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum, past participle of pendere, to hang; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots).]avoirdupois (ˌævədəˈpɔɪz; ˌævwɑːdjuːˈpwɑː) or avoirdupois weightn (Units) a system of weights used in many English-speaking countries. It is based on the pound, which contains 16 ounces or 7000 grains. 100 pounds (US) or 112 pounds (Brit) is equal to 1 hundredweight and 20 hundredweights equals 1 ton. Abbreviation: avdp or avoir [C14: from Old French aver de peis goods of weight]av•oir•du•pois (ˌæv ər dəˈpɔɪz)
n. 1. avoirdupois weight. 2. Informal. bodily weight; heaviness: excess avoirdupois. [1250–1300; Middle English avoir de pois literally, property of weight < Old French, =avoir (< Latin habēre to have) + de (< Latin dē) + pois (< Latin pēnsum) weight] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  avoirdupois - a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)avoirdupois weightsystem of weights, weight - a system of units used to express the weight of somethingavoirdupois unit - any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights | | 2. |  avoirdupois - excess bodily weight; "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others"fatness, blubber, fatbodily property - an attribute of the bodyadiposeness, adiposity, fattiness - having the property of containing fat; "he recommended exercise to reduce my adiposity"abdominousness, paunchiness - the bodily property of a protruding bellygreasiness, oiliness, oleaginousness - consisting of or covered with oilcorpulency, fleshiness, obesity - more than average fatnesssteatopygia - an extreme accumulation of fat on the buttocks |
avoirdupoisnounInformal. The state or quality of being physically heavy:heaviness, heftiness, massiveness, ponderosity, ponderousness, weight, weightiness.TranslationsavoirdupoisenUK
avoirdupois, avoirdupois weight a system of weights used in many English-speaking countries. It is based on the pound, which contains 16 ounces or 7000 grains. 100 pounds (US) or 112 pounds (Brit) is equal to 1 hundredweight and 20 hundredweights equals 1 ton avoirdupoisenUK
av·oir·du·pois (av'er-du-poyz'), A system of weights in which 16 ounces make 1 pound, equivalent to 453.59237 g. See Weights and Measures Appendix. [Fr. to have weight, corrupted fr. O. Fr. avoir, property, + de, of, + pois, weight] av·oir·du·pois (av'wahr-dū-pwah') A system of weights in which 16 oz make a pound, equivalent of 453.59237 g. See Weights and Measures appendix. [Fr. to have weight, corrupted fr. O. Fr. avoir, property, + de, of, + pois, weight]AvoirdupoisenUK
AvoirdupoisA system of measuring weight in which the basic unit is one pound, which is divided into 16 ounces. It is used in the United States, and to a lesser extent in the United Kingdom, Canada, and some former British colonies. Because it is not based on units of 10, it is not used in scientific settings.See AVDP
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Related to avoirdupois: Avoirdupois system, avoirdupois ounceSynonyms for avoirdupoisnoun the state or quality of being physically heavySynonyms- heaviness
- heftiness
- massiveness
- ponderosity
- ponderousness
- weight
- weightiness
Synonyms for avoirdupoisnoun a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)SynonymsRelated Words- system of weights
- weight
- avoirdupois unit
noun excess bodily weightSynonymsRelated Words- bodily property
- adiposeness
- adiposity
- fattiness
- abdominousness
- paunchiness
- greasiness
- oiliness
- oleaginousness
- corpulency
- fleshiness
- obesity
- steatopygia
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