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avoirdupois

English

  1. 🔊 a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
  2. 🔊 excess bodily weight
    “she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others”

Similar words

fatness fat blubber avoirdupois weight beef beefiness deadweight fatness gravity gross weight heaviness heft heftiness liveweight neat weight net net weight overbalance overweight ponderability ponderosity ponderousness poundage tonnage