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# ounce

noun (ounces)

«ounce» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An ounce is a small unit of weight; there are 16 ounces in a pound, and an ounce is about 28 grams. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ounce/#m1)
2. An ounce can also be a small wild cat, the snow leopard, in some books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ounce/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ounce/#x1)
- A single ounce of gold is worth a lot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ounce/#x2)
- The ounce weighed very little. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ounce/#x3)

### 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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ounce» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ounce/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ounce» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ounce.html) on Mova free.