PINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pint mean? 

• PINT (noun)
  The noun PINT has 3 senses:

1. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters

2. a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches

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

  Familiarity information: PINT used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("pint" 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 "pint"):

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

Holonyms ("pint" is a part of...):

quart (a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

dry pint; pint

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

United States dry unit (a unit of measurement of capacity for dry substances officially adopted in the United States Customary System)

Holonyms ("pint" is a part of...):

dry quart; quart (a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "pint"):

cup (a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces)

Holonyms ("pint" is a part of...):

quart (a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon)

 Context examples 

The first group consumed around two and a half pints of beer followed by four large glasses of wine.

(Wine before beer, or beer before wine? Either way, you’ll be hungover, University of Cambridge)

“We mustn't use it carelessly, Trot. Ale for me. Half a pint.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

No; just put my pint of porter and bit of pudding on a tray, and I'll carry it upstairs.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

You would hardly meet with a man who goes beyond his four pints at the utmost.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

A traditional unit of liquid volume equal in the US customary system to 1/16 pint, or 1.804 687 cubic inches or 29.573 531 milliliters.

(Fluid Ounce US, NCI Thesaurus)

A traditional unit of liquid volume equal in the British Imperial system to 1/20 pint, or 1.733 871 cubic inches or 28.413 063 milliliters.

(Fluid Ounce British, NCI Thesaurus)

Pray give him a half-pint of warmish milk with six drops of pure brandy in it.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The upper safe limit of drinking was about five drinks per week (100g of pure alcohol, 12.5 units or just over five pints of 4% ABV beer or five 175ml glasses of 13% ABV wine).

(Drinking more than five pints a week could shorten your life, University of Cambridge)

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

(Pint, NCI Thesaurus)

"I understand you," he replied, with an expressive smile, and a voice perfectly calm; "yes, I am very drunk.— A pint of porter with my cold beef at Marlborough was enough to over-set me."

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)