Ounce - Definition
ounce
n 1: a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one
twelfth of a pound [syn: ounce, troy ounce,
apothecaries' ounce]
2: a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16
drams or 28.349 grams [syn: ounce, oz.]
3: large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish
fur [syn: snow leopard, ounce, Panthera uncia]