POUNDS Antonyms
Definition of POUNDS
pound
Best Opposite Words For POUNDS
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carat | nounn | |||||||
noun • a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg • the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold | ||||||||
drachma | nounn | |||||||
noun • a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains • formerly the basic unit of money in Greece | ||||||||
scruple | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains • uneasiness about the fitness of an action (particularly for reasons of ethics, morals or propriety) • an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action verb • hesitate on moral grounds • raise scruples • have doubts about | ||||||||
stone | nounn | |||||||
noun • a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter • United States architect (1902-1978) • building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose • United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946) • United States filmmaker (born in 1946) • material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust • United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893) • a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry • United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989) • an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds • the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed • a lack of feeling or expression or movement adjective satellite • of any of various dull tannish or grey colors verb • kill by throwing stones at • remove the pits from | ||||||||
tons | ||||||||
noun • a large number or amount | ||||||||
grams | nounn | |||||||
noun • Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938) • a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram | ||||||||
kilograms | nounn | |||||||
noun • one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | ||||||||
milligrams | nounn | |||||||
noun • one thousandth (1/1,000) gram | ||||||||
ounces | nounn | |||||||
noun • a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound • a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams • large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur | ||||||||
pennyweights | nounn | |||||||
noun • a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains |