'ounce' definitions:
Definition of 'ounce'
(from WordNet)
noun
A unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound [syn: ounce, troy ounce, apothecaries' ounce]
noun
A unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams [syn: ounce, oz.]
noun
Large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur [syn: snow leopard, ounce, Panthera uncia]
Synonyms of 'ounce'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ace,
- atom,
- bit,
- crumb,
- dab,
- dole,
- dot,
- dram,
- dribble,
- driblet,
- drop,
- dwarf,
- farthing,
- fleck,
- flyspeck,
- fragment,
- gobbet,
- grain,
- granule,
- groat,
- hair,
- handful,
- iota,
- jot,
- little,
- little bit,
- minim,
- minimum,
- minutiae,
- mite,
- modicum,
- molecule,
- mote,
- nutshell,
- particle,
- pebble,
- pinch,
- pittance,
- point,
- scruple,
- shred,
- smidgen,
- smitch,
- speck,
- spoonful,
- spot,
- thimbleful,
- tiny bit,
- tittle,
- trifling amount,
- trivia,
- whit