Definition of CENTAL

cental

Plural: centals

Noun

  • A unit of weight equal to 100 pounds, primarily in British usage.
  • a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
  • A weight of one hundred avoirdupois pounds.

Adj

  • Relating to a hundred.
  • Pertaining to a cent (unit of currency, typically worth 1/100 of the base unit of currency).

Examples

  • cental coins
  • He knew that finding CENTAL would be a heavy-scoring word on his Scrabble board.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin centum (“a hundred”) + -al, perhaps modeled after quintal.

Synonyms

centner, cwt, hundredweight, quintal, short hundredweight

Scrabble Score: 8

cental: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cental: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cental: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

cental: valid Words With Friends Word