| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | oz a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound (avoirdupois); 1 ounce is equal to 437.5 grains or 28.349 grams |
| 2. | a unit of weight equal to one twelfth of a Troy or Apothecaries' pound; 1 ounce is equal to 480 grains or 31.103 grams |
| 3. | short for fluid ounce |
| 4. | a small portion or amount |
| [C14: from Old French unce, from Latin uncia a twelfth; from ūnus one] | |
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| —n | |
| another name for snow leopard | |
| [C18: from Old French once, by mistaken division of lonce as if l'once, from Latin | |
ounce (ouns)
n.
Abbr. oz, oz.
A unit of weight in the U.S. Customary System, an avoirdupois unit equal to 437.5 grains or 28.35 grams.
A unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or 31.10 grams.
A fluid ounce.
ounce (ouns) Pronunciation Key
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ounce
In addition to the idiom beginning with ounce, also see more bang for the buck (bounce for the ounce).