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quintal

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noun
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As a noun, quintal means an unofficial metric unit equal to 100 kg.

Meanings of quintal

3 meanings

noun

  1. An unofficial metric unit equal to 100 kg.

  2. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds

    Similar: hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental
Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. historicalVarious other similar units of weight in other systems.

Synonym of hundredweight, 100 or 112 English or American pounds.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
hundredweightcwtshort hundredweightcentnercental

Words that rhyme with quintal

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