Associations to the word «Hundredweight»

Wiktionary

HUNDREDWEIGHT, noun. A measure of weight containing 100 pounds (45.5 kg) in the U.S. or 112 pounds (51 kg) in the United Kingdom.

Dictionary definition

HUNDREDWEIGHT, noun. A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms.
HUNDREDWEIGHT, noun. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds.
HUNDREDWEIGHT, noun. A British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca