hundredweight
/ˈhʌndrədweɪt/noun
उच्चारण हन्ड्रड्वेट
हंड्रेडवेट (भार की एक इकाई)
Core word
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a unit for measuring weight, equal to 112 pounds (about 50.8 kilograms) in Britain and 100 pounds (about 45.4 kilograms) in the US
हंड्रेडवेट (भार की एक इकाई)
- The cart was loaded with two hundredweight of coal.
- five hundredweight of wheat
- The sack weighed almost a hundredweight and needed two people to lift it.
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- He bought a hundredweight of potatoes for the winter.
- In the old British system, a hundredweight was divided into four quarters.
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a hundredweight (unit of weight)
A hundredweight is an old unit of weight: 112 pounds (about 50.8 kg) in Britain and 100 pounds in the USA. It is mostly seen in older books now.
Hundredweight भार की पुरानी इकाई है: ब्रिटेन में 112 पाउंड (लगभग 50.8 किग्रा) और अमेरिका में 100 पाउंड। अब यह अधिकतर पुरानी पुस्तकों में दिखती है।
- A hundredweight of coal was delivered to the house.
- The old scale could weigh up to ten hundredweight.
two hundredweight (plural)
After an exact number, hundredweight often stays unchanged in the plural; the abbreviation is cwt.
सटीक संख्या के बाद 'hundredweight' प्रायः बहुवचन में भी वही रहता है; संक्षिप्त रूप 'cwt' है।
- The farmer sold five hundredweight of grain.
- The cart carried three hundredweight of bricks.
hundredweight of + uncountable noun
It is followed by of and a material, showing the amount of that material.
इसके बाद 'of' और कोई सामग्री आती है, जो उस सामग्री की मात्रा बताती है।
- He bought a hundredweight of potatoes.
- A hundredweight of rice fed the whole village.
hundredweight vs quintal/tonne
In India the quintal (100 kg) and the tonne are used. A hundredweight is smaller than a quintal.
भारत में quintal (100 किग्रा) और tonne का प्रयोग होता है। एक hundredweight, quintal से छोटा होता है।
- A British hundredweight is about half a quintal.
abbreviation cwt
The written abbreviation of hundredweight is cwt, found in old price lists and trade records.
Hundredweight का लिखित संक्षिप्त रूप 'cwt' है, जो पुरानी मूल्य सूचियों और व्यापारिक अभिलेखों में मिलता है।
- The ledger shows 40 cwt of sugar.
- Prices were quoted per cwt.
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number + hundredweight
onetwotenhalf aseveral
- The wagon carried ten hundredweight of cotton.
hundredweight + of
coalgrainsugarcementflour
- A hundredweight of flour is enough for the village bakery.
unit comparison
poundstonetonouncekilogram
- A hundredweight equals eight stone in the old system.
verb + hundredweight
weighcarryliftselldeliver
- The bag was so heavy that it weighed almost a hundredweight.
units of weight
quintaltonnestonepoundkilogram
- Grain was once sold by the hundredweight and now by the quintal.
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- In the old novel, the merchant bought a hundredweight of tea.
पुराने उपन्यास में व्यापारी ने एक hundredweight चाय खरीदी।
- Radhika learned that 20 hundredweight make one ton in British measures.
राधिका ने सीखा कि ब्रिटिश माप में 20 hundredweight मिलकर एक ton बनाते हैं।
- No porter could lift a hundredweight of iron alone.
कोई भी कुली अकेले एक hundredweight लोहा नहीं उठा सकता था।
- The shipment included six hundredweight of jute.
इस खेप में छह hundredweight जूट शामिल था।
- The unit is now rare, and metric units like kilograms are preferred.
यह इकाई अब दुर्लभ है, और किलोग्राम जैसी metric इकाइयाँ पसंद की जाती हैं।
- Old railway records give the weight of goods in hundredweights.
पुराने रेलवे अभिलेख माल का वज़न hundredweight में देते हैं।
§Grammar and usage
Plural: the plural is usually the same, as in 'five hundredweight of wheat'.
Plural आमतौर पर वही रहता है, जैसे 'five hundredweight of wheat'।
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General knowledge
The British hundredweight is 112 pounds, but the American hundredweight is 100 pounds, and both are written cwt in short.
GK के लिए याद रखें कि British hundredweight 112 pounds का होता है, जबकि American hundredweight 100 pounds का होता है, और दोनों को संक्षेप में cwt लिखा जाता है।