Hundredweight definition

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A unit of weight in the US Customary System equal to 100 pounds (45.36 kilograms).
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A unit of weight in the British Imperial System equal to 112 pounds (50.80 kilograms).
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A unit of weight, equal to 100 pounds avoirdupois (45.3592 kilograms): the British hundredweight equals 112 pounds avoirdupois (50.8023 kilograms)
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A unit of weight, equal to 100 pounds troy (37.3242 kilograms) Symbol, cwt.
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A measure of weight containing 100 pounds (45.5 kg) in the U.S. or 112 pounds (51 kg) in the United Kingdom.
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Singular:
hundredweight
Plural:
hundredweights

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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