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FIRKIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small wooden keg
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("firkin" is a kind of...):
keg (small cask or barrel)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A British unit of capacity equal to 9 imperial gallons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("firkin" 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 "firkin"):
congius; gallon; Imperial gallon (a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters)
Holonyms ("firkin" is a part of...):
kilderkin (an obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons)
