ounce — English Dictionary

Noun

1. An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams.

2. A troy ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₂ of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1034768 grams.

3. A US fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₁₆ of a US pint, 1.804688 cubic inches or 29.5735295625 millilitres.

4. A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₂₀ of an imperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.4130625 millilitres.

5. Any small amount, a little bit.

   Usage

   • Figurative
   • in the negative

   Examples

   He didn't feel even an ounce of regret for his actions.

Noun

1. A large wild feline, such as a lynx or cougar.

   Usage

   • Archaic

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   The Ounce or the vvilde Cat, is as big as a mungrell dog, this creature is by nature feirce, and more dangerous to bee met vvithall than any other creature, not fearing eyther dogge or man; […]

   Halloa! another prey, The nimble Antelope! The ounce is freed; one spring, And his talons are sheath’d in her shoulders, And his teeth are red in her gore.

2. Synonym of snow leopard, Panthera uncia.

3. Synonym of onza, a particularly aggressive cougar or jaguarundi in Mexican folklore.

   Examples

   The ounce, a leopard-like creature, is dreaded for its depredations by the Indians of Brazil.

Noun

1. a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound

   Synonyms

   troy ounceapothecaries' ounce

   Broader terms

   apothecaries' unitapothecaries' weighttroy unit

2. a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams

   Synonyms

   oz.

   Broader terms

   avoirdupois unit

3. large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur

   Synonyms

   snow leopardPanthera uncia

   Broader terms

   big catcat