quart

English Thesaurus

1. a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon (noun.quantity)

hypernym	:	united states liquid unit,
definition	:	a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System (noun.quantity)

part holonym	:	pint,
definition	:	a United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart (noun.quantity)

part meronym	:	gal, gallon,
definition	:	United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters (noun.quantity)

2. a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches (noun.quantity)

hypernym	:	united states dry unit,
definition	:	a unit of measurement of capacity for dry substances officially adopted in the United States Customary System (noun.quantity)

part holonym	:	dry pint, pint,
definition	:	a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches (noun.quantity)

part meronym	:	peck,
definition	:	a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches (noun.quantity)

3. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters (noun.quantity)

hypernym	:	british capacity unit, imperial capacity unit,
definition	:	a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet (noun.quantity)

part holonym	:	pint,
definition	:	a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters (noun.quantity)

part meronym	:	congius, gallon, imperial gallon,
definition	:	a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters (noun.quantity)