british capacity unit
Noun
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is a type 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)
subtypes:- 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
same as: imperial capacity unit
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