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