liquid measure

Noun
  1. A unit of capacity for liquids (for measuring the volumes of liquids or their containers) (synset 113636045)
    is a type of: capacity measure, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unit - a unit of measurement of volume or capacity
    subtypes:
    • united states liquid unit - a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System
    • 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
    • arroba - a liquid measure (with different values) used in some Spanish speaking countries
    • bath - an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons
    • mutchkin - a Scottish unit of liquid measure equal to 0.9 United States pint
    • oka - a Turkish liquid unit equal to 1.3 pints
    same as: liquid unit

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