ALL meanings of hundredweight
hun·dred·weight
H h - noun hundredweight unit of weight: 100 lbs 1
- noun hundredweight unit of weight: 112 lbs 1
- noun plural hundredweight Also called cental, quintal. a unit of avoirdupois weight commonly equivalent to 100 pounds (45.359 kilograms) in the U.S. Abbreviation: cwt. 1
- noun plural hundredweight cental (def 2). 1
- noun hundredweight A unit of weight equal to one twentieth of a ton, in particular. 1
- countable noun hundredweight A hundredweight is a unit of weight that is equal to 112 pounds in Britain and to 100 pounds in the United States. 0
- noun hundredweight a unit of weight equal to 112 pounds or 50.802 35 kilograms 0
- noun hundredweight a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds or 45.359 24 kilograms 0
- noun hundredweight a metric unit of weight equal to 50 kilograms 0
- noun hundredweight a unit of weight, equal to 100 pounds avoirdupois (45.3592 kilograms): the British hundredweight equals 112 pounds avoirdupois or 50.8023 kilograms 0
- noun hundredweight a unit of weight, equal to 100 pounds troy (37.3242 kilograms) Symbol, cwt 0