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Noun: avoirdupois unit
  1. Any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights
    "The package weight was given in pounds, an avoirdupois unit"

Derived forms: avoirdupois units

Type of: mass unit

Part of: avoirdupois, avoirdupois weight, British Imperial System, British system, English system