Defenition of the word avoirdupois

• Defenition of the word avoirdupois

  • a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
  • excess bodily weight; "she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others"
  • excess bodily weight

Synonyms for the word avoirdupois

• • avoirdupois weight
  • blubber
  • fat
  • fatness

Meronymys for the word avoirdupois

• • avoirdupois unit

Hyponyms for the word avoirdupois

• • abdominousness
  • adiposeness
  • adiposity
  • corpulency
  • fattiness
  • fleshiness
  • greasiness
  • obesity
  • oiliness
  • oleaginousness
  • paunchiness
  • steatopygia

Hypernyms for the word avoirdupois

• • bodily property
  • system of weights
  • weight

Antonyms for the word avoirdupois

• • leanness
  • thinness

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