CHALDRON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chaldron mean? 

• CHALDRON (noun)
  The noun CHALDRON has 1 sense:

1. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 36 bushels

  Familiarity information: CHALDRON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHALDRON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 36 bushels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("chaldron" is a kind of...):

British capacity unit; Imperial capacity unit (a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet)