Definitions for quintalˈkwɪn tl

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

quin•talˈkwɪn tl(n.)

  1. a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms (220.5 avoirdupois pounds).

    Category: Weights and Measures

  2. Category: Weights and Measures

    Ref: hundredweight.

Origin of quintal:

1425–75; late ME < ML quintāle < Ar qinṭār weight of a hundred pounds. See centenary

Princeton's WordNet

  1. quintal(noun)

    a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms

  2. hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal(noun)

    a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds

Wiktionary

  1. quintal(Noun)

    A measure of weight originally equal to a hundred pounds; later, a hundredweight.

  2. quintal(Noun)

    One hundred kilograms.

  3. Origin: From quintal, from quintale, from قنطار, ultimately from centenarius.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Quintal(noun)

    a hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. Cental

  2. Quintal(noun)

    a metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100 kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois


Translations for quintal

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

backyard(noun)

(especially American) a garden at the back of a house etc

He grows vegetables in his backyard.

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