imperial capacity unit

Noun
  1. A unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System;
    British units are both dry and wet (synset 113636838)
    is a type of:
    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: british capacity unit

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