Cental (Noun)
Meaning
A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- A bale of hay weighed about a cental after being compressed for shipping.
- The market sold flour by the cental to make large transactions more convenient.
- To keep track of the total weight, the warehouse was divided into sections that held about a cental each.
- Farmers preferred to buy cattle feed by the cental to meet their monthly needs.
- A cental of grain was used to make the large batch of bread.