| Avoirdupois 1. (n.) Goods sold by weight. 2. (n.) Avoirdupois weight. 3. (n.) Weight; heaviness; as, a woman of much avoirdupois. Thesaurus Entries beef, beefiness, deadweight, fatness, gravity, gross weight, heaviness, heft, heftiness, liveweight, neat weight, net, net weight, overbalance, overweight, ponderability, ponderosity, ponderousness, poundage, tonnage, underweight, weight, weightiness |