Hundredweight Synonyms

hŭndrĭd-wāt
A British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cwt
  2. short hundredweight
  3. centner
  4. cental
  5. long hundredweight
  6. quintal
A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. metric hundredweight
  2. doppelzentner
  3. centner
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Words Related to Hundredweight

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. hundred-weight
  2. cwts
  3. kilo-
  4. bushel
  5. chaldron

Hundredweight Sentence Examples

  • The paper is fed from reels placed at the two ends in decks, one above the other, each reel containing about five miles of paper, and weighing about fourteen hundredweight.

  • The heaviest bell, the ' tenor ', weighs 27 hundredweight, 2 quarters and 5 pounds and sounds a C sharp note.

  • The mixed ore is conveyed to the works in wooden measures which ' hold a hundredweight each.

  • I don't suppose he'll be so cheerful once he's moved four hundredweight of cast iron and driven back to St. Malo.

  • It can also be called the long hundredweight to distinguish it from what the Americans call the short hundredweight, which is 100 lbs.

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