Term: united states customary system: the system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint that dates back to colonial America but differs in some respects from the British Imperial System; today in the United States this system exists side by side with the SI system
Candidate hypernym: system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration → 1
Candidate hypernym: clinidae: viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas → 0
Candidate hypernym: eye disease: any disease of the eye → 0
Candidate hypernym: grain: 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams → 0
Candidate hypernym: tumbler: a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom → 0
Candidate hypernym: bicameral script: a script having two distinct cases → 0
Candidate hypernym: subset: a set whose members are members of another set; a set contained within another set → 0
Candidate hypernym: tall order: a formidable task or requirement → 0
Candidate hypernym: intercept: the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis → 0
Candidate hypernym: stomacher: garment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th century → 0
Candidate hypernym: honey eater: Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar → 0