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avoirdupois - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'avoirdupois' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Avoirdupois [ n.]
- Goods sold by weight.
- Avoirdupois weight.
- Weight; heaviness; as, a woman of much avoirdupois.

Meaning of 'avoirdupois' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . avoirdupois [ n]
Meaning (1):
- excess bodily weight
Example in sentence:
  • she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others