FLUID OUNCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fluid ounce mean? 

• FLUID OUNCE (noun)
  The noun FLUID OUNCE has 2 senses:

1. 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)

2. a United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches

  Familiarity information: FLUID OUNCE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLUID OUNCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

fluid ounce; fluidounce

Hypernyms ("fluid ounce" 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)

Meronyms (parts of "fluid ounce"):

drachm; fluid drachm; fluid dram; fluidram (a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters)

Holonyms ("fluid ounce" is a part of...):

gill (a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

fluid ounce; fluidounce

Hypernyms ("fluid ounce" is a kind of...):

United States liquid unit (a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System)

Meronyms (parts of "fluid ounce"):

drachm; fluid drachm; fluid dram; fluidram (a unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce)

Holonyms ("fluid ounce" is a part of...):

gill (a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces)

 Context examples 

A non-SI unit of volume equal to 8 fluid ounces or 0.2365 liter.

(Half Pint, NCI Thesaurus)

A United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart.

(Pint, NCI Thesaurus)

A traditional unit of volume equal to 20 British fluid ounces, 34.678 cubic inches or approximately 568.261 milliliters.

(Pint British, NCI Thesaurus)

A United States liquid unit equal to 16 US fluid ounces or 28.875 cubic inches or approximately 473.177 milliliters.

(Pint, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A unit of volume equal to 1/8 fluid ounce, 0.225 586 cubic inch or 3.696 691 milliliters.

(Fluid Dram US, NCI Thesaurus)

A traditional unit of volume equal to 16.3871 cubic centimeters, or 0.5541 US fluid ounce.

(Cubic Inch, NCI Thesaurus)

A volume equal to 1/8 Brisith fluid ounce, 0.216 734 cubic inches or 3.551 633 milliliters.

(Fluid Dram British, NCI Thesaurus)

One centiliter is equivalent to 0.6102 cubic inch, or 0.338 U.S. fluid ounce.

(Centiliter, NCI Thesaurus)