| troy ounce 
 
 a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
 • Syn:
 ounce, apothecaries' ounce
 • Hypernyms:
 apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight, troy unit
 • Part Holonyms:
 troy pound, apothecaries' pound
 • Part Meronyms:
 pennyweight, dram, drachm, drachma
 
 
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