ounce
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- noun
- Archaic
:
leopardo de las nieves
- Which is why anyone with an ounce of brains knows that torture doesn't work.
- ounce of strength
- ounce of fat
- ounce of prevention
Examples
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Tessa turned away, using every ounce of determination to keep from laughing.
Fiction book (1994) -
And now, I see you haven't got an ounce of humility.
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Everyone with an ounce of sense knows it.
Fiction book (1994) -
This kid, he just didn't have an ounce of bad in him.
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For the first time, I did not have an ounce of anxiety or nervousness.
Blog text (14) -
There's not an ounce of humility in most of the LCWR sisters.
Blog text (30) -
I haven't an ounce of the majesty Hortense possesses.
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The track lasts 11:48, and it's both astonishing and exhausting, demanding every ounce of your energy.
Blog text (28) -
He didn't know, didn't care, as he put every ounce of strength he had into shoving the Ford backward.
Fiction book (1994) -
While climbing in the Himalayas, we spotted an ounce gracefully navigating the rocky cliffs.
Synonyms
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A large wild cat with thick pale fur and a long tail that lives in Central Asian mountains
A large wild cat with thick pale fur that lives in high Asian mountains
Idioms
Stopping a problem early is better than fixing it later
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.9
A unit of weight for measuring precious metals like gold and silver, about 31 grams
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A unit for measuring small amounts of liquid, about 28 millilitres in Britain and about 30 millilitres in America
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ounce for the snow leopard comes from old French once, a name for a large wild cat, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of the big, pale mountain cat called the 'ounce' in older stories, so in old or literary English ounce can mean the snow leopard.