ounce

«ounce» in Mova's school dictionary: a small unit of weight; there are 16 ounces in a pound… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (ounces)

meaning for a pupil

1) An ounce is a small unit of weight; there are 16 ounces in a pound, and an ounce is about 28 grams. tree →

2) An ounce can also be a small wild cat, the snow leopard, in some books. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, an ounce of gold or silver is a tiny amount of a precious thing

examples

• The cake needs four ounces of flour. tree →
• A single ounce of gold is worth a lot. tree →
• The ounce weighed very little. tree →

note

an ounce is a unit of weight: 16 ounces make 1 pound, so count and convert with care; a small amount is not a count of things

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ounce» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.