Imperial capacity unit
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| Noun | 1. | Imperial capacity unit - a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet liquid measure, liquid unit - a unit of capacity for liquids (for measuring the volumes of liquids or their containers) dry measure, dry unit - a unit of capacity for dry commodities (as fruit or grain) bbl, barrel - any of various units of capacity; "a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons" minim - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters fluid drachm, fluid dram, fluidram, drachm - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters fluid ounce, fluidounce - 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) gill - a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters pint - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters quart - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters congius, Imperial gallon, gallon - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters peck - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons bushel - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks firkin - a British unit of capacity equal to 9 imperial gallons kilderkin - an obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons quarter - a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds) hogshead - a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages chaldron - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 36 bushels |
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