I. abbreviation
1.
[Italian onza ]
ounce
2. ooze
II. ˈäz noun
( -es )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Oz , mythical land in a series of books by L. Frank Baum died 1919 American author
: a seemingly ideal or perfect place
the rationalized, suburbanized Oz that is the postwar United States — Verlyn Klinkenborg