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    FLUIDOUNCE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    fluid ounce; fluidounce

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

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

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

    Meronyms (parts of "fluidounce"):

    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 ("fluidounce" is a part of...):

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

    Sense 2

    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)play

    Synonyms:

    fluid ounce; fluidounce

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

    Hypernyms ("fluidounce" 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 "fluidounce"):

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

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

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

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