METRIC HUNDREDWEIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metric hundredweight mean? 

• METRIC HUNDREDWEIGHT (noun)
  The noun METRIC HUNDREDWEIGHT has 1 sense:

1. a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms

  Familiarity information: METRIC HUNDREDWEIGHT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METRIC HUNDREDWEIGHT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

centner; doppelzentner; hundredweight; metric hundredweight

Hypernyms ("metric hundredweight" is a kind of...):

metric weight unit; weight unit (a decimal unit of weight based on the gram)

Meronyms (parts of "metric hundredweight"):

centner (in some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms)

Holonyms ("metric hundredweight" is a part of...):

quintal (a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms)