APOTHECARIES' POUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does apothecaries' pound mean? 

• APOTHECARIES' POUND (noun)
  The noun APOTHECARIES' POUND has 1 sense:

1. an apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams

  Familiarity information: APOTHECARIES' POUND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APOTHECARIES' POUND (noun)

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Meaning:

An apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

apothecaries' pound; troy pound

Hypernyms ("apothecaries' pound" is a kind of...):

troy unit (any of the unit of the troy system of weights)

apothecaries' unit; apothecaries' weight (any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces)

Meronyms (parts of "apothecaries' pound"):

apothecaries' ounce; ounce; troy ounce (a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound)