avoirdupois
Noun
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A system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains) (synset 113738026)
is a type of: system of weights, weight - a system of units used to express the weight of somethinghas: avoirdupois unit - any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weightssame as: avoirdupois weight
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Excess bodily weight (synset 105006566)
"she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others"is a type of: bodily property - an attribute of the bodysubtypes:
- adiposeness, adiposity, fattiness - having the property of containing fat
- abdominousness, paunchiness - the bodily property of a protruding belly
- greasiness, oiliness, oleaginousness - consisting of or covered with oil
- corpulency, fleshiness, obesity - more than average fatness
- steatopygia - an extreme accumulation of fat on the buttocks
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