hundredweight

3 definitions found

hundredweight - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hundredweight \Hun"dred*weight`\, n.
     A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds
     avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the
     legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the
     United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds
     avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes
     called the short ton, being the legal ton.
     [1913 Webster]

  Cental \Cen"tal\, n. [L. centum a hundred.]
     A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many
     parts of the United States a Hundredweight.
     [1913 Webster]

hundredweight - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hundredweight
      n 1: a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms [syn:
           hundredweight, metric hundredweight, doppelzentner,
           centner]
      2: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds [syn:
         hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner,
         cental, quintal]
      3: a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds [syn:
         hundredweight, cwt, long hundredweight]