Pound and Troy

Pound

Pound noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.

Troy and pound are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Troy" instead a noun "Pound".

Nearby Words: pounded, pounding, poundage, pounder

Troy

Troy noun - A system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains.
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Pound and troy are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Pound" with "Troy", this nouns are similar.

Both words in one sentence

  • A pound of gold weighs less than a pound of feathers because gold is measured in troy weight.
  • Fat and Skinny Troy is a depressed, nearly 300 pound teenager while Curt is very scrawny guy who gets mistaken for a drug user due to his looks.
  • It was worse in 1st Edition, wherein a gold piece weighed a tenth of a pound (about 1.5 Troy ounces).
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