ounce

Preposition: of

• gold: The IMF holds 103 million ounces of gold in its reserves.
• butter: Take 5 ounces of plain flour and rub in 2.5 ounces of butter.
• silver: Each gave 20 ounces of silver for the king of Assyria.
• prevention: The old adage is true: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
• tobacco: This was undoubtedly caused by smoking three ounces of pipe tobacco a week.
• flour: To make the pastry, weigh out an amount of flour ( say 6 ounces of plain flour ).

Converse of object

• weigh: The typical usage for a strongly scented candle is 1 weighed ounce of scent to 1lb wax.
• squeeze: Her range is vast, and she knows exactly how to squeeze every ounce of emotion and drama from every bar.
• extract: For example, in order to extract a single ounce of platinum, about 10 tons of ore need to be mined.

Adjective modifier

• fluid: Just under 2 fluid ounces of its venom is enough to kill an elephant or twenty people within minutes.
• tenth: From 1980, they were also produced in fractional sizes of half ounce, quarter ounce, and tenth ounce.

Modifies a noun

• bullion: It was to issue a one ounce bullion coin, to be sold at a very low premium over the intrinsic gold value.
• troy: Precious metals and stones - the ounce troy may still be used.
• coin: We are still looking out for the half ounce coins.
• glass: Decant the coffee into three successive once fluid ounce glasses.
• gold: We illustrate it here on a proof version of a one ounce gold bullion Britannia with a face value of £ 100.

Noun used with modifier

• troy: We have also only included coins which contain a simple fraction of a troy ounce of gold.
• fluid: Americans have the added complication that the US gallon is less than the imperial gallon - 16 fluid ounces instead of twenty.
• twelve: At its heart was a sharp iron ax of the weight of seven pounds twelve ounces.
• quarter: My prices vary from £ 30 to £ 70 per quarter ounce, depending on quality.