Noun avoirdupois has 2 senses
  1. avoirdupois, avoirdupois weight - a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
    --1 is a kind of system of weights, weight
    --1 has parts: avoirdupois unit
  2. fatness, fat, blubber, avoirdupois - excess bodily weight; "she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others"
    --2 is a kind of bodily property
    --2 has particulars:
     adiposity, adiposeness, fattiness; abdominousness, paunchiness; greasiness, oiliness, oleaginousness; fleshiness, obesity
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