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How to pronounce quintal in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms cental, centner, cwt, hundredweight, short hundredweight
Type of avoirdupois unit
Type Words
Type of weight unit, metric weight unit

Examples of quintal

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Quintal was caught off guard when his video-taped interrogation appeared on CNN.
From the thenewstribune.com
Quintal allowed seven hits, fanned seven, walked three and hit a pair of batters.
From the stltoday.com
Quintal said design of the new store started almost immediately after the fire.
From the timesunion.com
Quintal, who had shut out the Warriors 2-0 back on April first, outpitched Pearman.
From the stltoday.com
Quintal drew a leadoff walk and moved to second base on a single by Striegel.
From the stltoday.com
Quintal, the winning pitcher, gave up two runs and six hits in five innings.
From the stltoday.com
Quintal has pleaded guilty to assaulting Stoner and smoking hashish during his tour.
From the thenewstribune.com
Quintal said Gibbs and another soldier sliced off one finger, and that Gibbs kept it.
From the thenewstribune.com
The cotton yield from his seven-acre farm was a miserable one quintal, worth Rs3 000.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
  • The quintal or centner, from Latin centenarius ("hundredlike"), is a historical unit of mass in many countries which is usually defined as 100 base units of either pounds or kilograms. If based on the pound, it is equivalent to the Imperial hundredweight.
  • A measure of weight originally equal to a hundred pounds; later, a hundredweight; One hundred kilograms
  • 112 pounds, a traditional unit of weight for salt fish, pronounced 'kental'.
  • Unit of measurement for French cereals (1 quintal = 100kg).
  • (q) Unit of mass in the metric system, equal to 100 kg.
  • Weight of 100 pounds