Definitions for ounces

ounces ounce

Spelling: [ouns]
IPA: /aʊns/

Ounces is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 100 anagrams from letters in ounces (cenosu).

Definitions for ounces

noun

  1. a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
  2. a unit of 480 grains, 1/12 pound (31.1 grams) troy or apothecaries' weight.
  3. a fluid ounce.
  4. a small quantity or portion.
  5. snow leopard.

Origin of ounces

1350-1400; Middle English unce Middle French Latin uncia twelfth part, inch, ounce, derivative of unus one

Examples for ounces

And yet, for all his outspoken defense of the Russian government, Rohrabacher has not received an ounce of gratitude from Moscow.

He was a hard man, and would never bate an ounce of plate or a bottle of wine.

And ever since he had never managed to get his weight down as much as an ounce.

The proportion is an ounce of pearl-ash to half a pint of water.

Well, I've never borne him an ounce of malice for his delusion.

The Sun On Sunday accused Tulisa of subsequently brokering a deal to supply reporters with half an ounce of cocaine.

Dissolve an ounce of isinglass in as much warm water as will cover it.

In 1988 he was jailed for seven months when police in Jersey found half an ounce of cocaine on board his chopper.

I paid $60 for two grams, which translates to $840 an ounce.

Bunker, along with his brothers Herbert and Lamar, started buying silver in 1970, when it was $1.94 an ounce.

Word Value for ounces
Scrable

7

Words with friends

10

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