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oz¹

  • /aʊns/

Rhymes with -aʊns

Where it comes from

From Italian oz., abbreviation of onza (obsolete form of oncia).

noun oz · ozs · oz.

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of ounce; any of various units of weight and volume. Add 8 oz of flour.

Oz²

  • /ɒz/

Sounds like awes (cot–caught merger) · Rhymes with -ɒz

Where it comes from

After the fictional land in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Land of Oz, the fictional setting created by L. Frank Baum for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and other works. The term has been extended from the original country of Oz to the entire fictional world of Oz. Subsequently used as a setting by other authors and artists.

noun

  1. uncountable An unreal, magical realm.

    Similar: wonderland

Oz³

  • /ɒz/

Sounds like awes (cot–caught merger) · Rhymes with -ɒz

Where it comes from

Back-formation from Aus, abbreviation of Australia.

proper noun

  1. colloquial Australia.

    Similar: Aussie, Aussieland

Oz⁴

  • /ɒz/

Sounds like awes (cot–caught merger) · Rhymes with -ɒz

Where it comes from

Abbreviations.

proper noun Ozs · Ozes

  1. A male given name.
  2. A diminutive of the male given names Oscar, Oswald, and Osbourne.

Oz⁵

  • /ɒz/

Sounds like awes (cot–caught merger) · Rhymes with -ɒz

proper noun Ozs · Ozes

  1. A surname.

Oz⁶

  • /ɒz/

Sounds like awes (cot–caught merger) · Rhymes with -ɒz

Where it comes from

From Turkish Öz.

proper noun Ozs · Ozes · Öz · Ooz · Oez · Œz

  1. A surname from Turkish, notably borne by Dr. Oz

OZ⁷

  • /oʊ ziː/

Where it comes from

From the abbreviation oz (“ounce”) pronounced as an initialism.

noun OZs · O.Z. · o.z. · ohzee · oh-zee · oh zee

  1. US, slang An ounce (especially of marijuana or other drugs). Selling reefer was a round-the-clock hustle that required more time and energy than I wanted to invest. Unloading a single O.Z. sometimes took up to an hour.

OZ⁸

  • /oʊ ziː/

noun OZs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of opportunity zone This provision maintains the OZ designation process from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and adds that at least 33 percent of designated OZs must be comprised entirely of a rural area.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bit, dash, dram, drop, grain, iota, jot, modicum, morsel, particle, scrap, scintilla, shred, smidgen, speck, tittle

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noun ounce

Françaisoz

name a fictional place

日本語オズ Ozu
中文奧茲 /奥兹 Àozī
FrançaisOz
ΕλληνικάΟζ Oz
РусскийОз Oz

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@misc{oz_2026,
  title = {oz},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oz},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}