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    BRITISH CAPACITY UNIT

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wetplay

    Synonyms:

    British capacity unit; Imperial capacity unit

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

    Hypernyms ("British capacity unit" is a kind of...):

    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))

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "British capacity unit"):

    barrel; bbl (any of various units of capacity)

    minim (a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters)

    drachm; fluid drachm; fluid dram; fluidram (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; gallon; Imperial 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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