oz.

abbr. ounce(s).
Etymology: It. f. onza ounce

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noun

a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams

• Syn: ↑ounce

• Hypernyms: ↑avoirdupois unit

• Part Holonyms: ↑pound, ↑lb

• Part Meronyms: ↑dram

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ounce; ounces.

[abbr. of It onza]

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Oz «oz», noun, adjective.

–n.

1. a wizard or magician: »

The bassooned-voiced Oz of fast, painless money feels a bit betrayed himself these days (Adam Zagarin).

2. a magical place: »

Miami became to Haitians what Los Angeles has become to the rural poor of Mexico: Oz (David Rieff).

3. Australia.

–adj.

Australian: »

He also enlisted the help of the white Oz rockers Paul Kelley and Peter Garnett (Rolling Stone).

╂[< Oz, the name of both the wizard and the city in L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz]

oz.,

1. ounce.

2. ounces.

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abbr. ounce(s)

Origin:

from Italian onza ‘ounce’

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abbr

US ounce; ounces