british capacity unit
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1. a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet (noun.quantity)
| hypernym | : | liquid measure, liquid unit, |
| definition | : | a unit of capacity for liquids (for measuring the volumes of liquids or their containers) (noun.quantity) |
| hypernym | : | dry measure, dry unit, |
| definition | : | a unit of capacity for dry commodities (as fruit or grain) (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | barrel, bbl, |
| definition | : | any of various units of capacity (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | minim, |
| definition | : | a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | fluid ounce, fluidounce, |
| definition | : | a British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to 8 fluid drams or 28.416 cubic centimeters (1.734 cubic inches) (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | gill, |
| definition | : | a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | pint, |
| definition | : | a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | quart, |
| definition | : | a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | congius, gallon, imperial gallon, |
| definition | : | a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | peck, |
| definition | : | a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | bushel, |
| definition | : | a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | firkin, |
| definition | : | a British unit of capacity equal to 9 imperial gallons (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | kilderkin, |
| definition | : | an obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | quarter, |
| definition | : | a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds) (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | hogshead, |
| definition | : | a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | chaldron, |
| definition | : | a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 36 bushels (noun.quantity) |
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