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IMPERIAL GALLON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Imperial gallon mean?
• IMPERIAL GALLON (noun)
The noun IMPERIAL GALLON has 1 sense:
1. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters
Familiarity information: IMPERIAL GALLON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
congius; gallon; Imperial gallon
Hypernyms ("Imperial gallon" 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 "Imperial gallon"):
quart (a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters)
Holonyms ("Imperial gallon" is a part of...):
barrel; bbl (any of various units of capacity)
bushel (a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks)
firkin (a British unit of capacity equal to 9 imperial gallons)
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