Meaning & use
ounce
A unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound, about 28.3 grams.
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The recipe called for four ounces of melted chocolate.
There was not an ounce of doubt in her voice as she announced the decision.
A note on using this word
Figuratively, "an ounce of" means a very small amount, as in "an ounce of common sense."
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