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LIQUID UNIT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A unit of capacity for liquids (for measuring the volumes of liquids or their containers)play

Synonyms:

liquid measure; liquid unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("liquid unit" is a kind 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "liquid unit"):

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)

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