ounce: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with O · ends with E
Meaning of ounce
noun
An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams.
A troy ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₂ of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1034768 grams.
A US fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₁₆ of a US pint, 1.804688 cubic inches or 29.5735295625 millilitres.
A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₂₀ of an imperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.4130625 millilitres.
Listed forms: ounces.
Source: Wiktionary — ounce.
noun
Synonym of snow leopard, Panthera uncia.
Synonym of onza, a particularly aggressive cougar or jaguarundi in Mexican folklore.
- archaic
A large wild feline, such as a lynx or cougar.
Listed forms: ounces.
Source: Wiktionary — ounce.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for ounce.
noun
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound
- troy ounce
- apothecaries' ounce
noun
a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams
- oz.
noun
large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur
- snow leopard
- Panthera uncia
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of ounce
O(1) + U(1) + N(1) + C(3) + E(1) = 7 points.
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Anagrams of ounce
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Shorter words from ounce
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