1. A unit of weight equal to one-sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams
   "The recipe called for 4 ounce of butter";
   - oz.
    
2. A unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound
   "The jeweller measured the gold in troy ounces"; "The pharmacist measured out the medication in apothecaries' ounces";
   - troy ounce, apothecaries' ounce
    
3. A small, moderate or token amount
   "England still expects an ounce of eccentricity in its artists";
   - modicum, scrap
    
4. Large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur
   "The ounce's camouflage made it nearly invisible against the snowy slopes";
   - snow leopard, Panthera uncia

Derived forms: ounces

Type of: apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight, avoirdupois unit, big cat, cat, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, troy unit

Part of: apothecaries' pound, genus Panthera, lb, Panthera, pound, troy pound

Encyclopedia: Ounce