apothecaries' pound

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   an apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams

   Synonymstroy pound

   Broaderapothecaries' unittroy unit

   Partsounce

Questions about apothecaries' pound

What does apothecaries' pound mean?

apothecaries' pound means "an apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams".

What is another word for apothecaries' pound?

Close synonyms include troy pound. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is apothecaries' pound a common word?

apothecaries' pound is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.