OUNCE


Meaning of OUNCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ aʊns ]

( ounces)

1.

An ounce is a unit of weight used in Britain and the USA. There are sixteen ounces in a pound and one ounce is equal to 28.35 grams.

...four ounces of sugar.

N-COUNT : num N , oft N of n

2.

You can refer to a very small amount of something, such as a quality or characteristic, as an ounce .

If only my father had possessed an ounce of business sense...

I spent every ounce of energy trying to hide.

N-SING : usu N of n

3.

see also fluid ounce

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