Meaning | Any of various units of capacity. | |
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Synonym | barrel | |
Part of | hogshead | A British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages |
Parts | gallon, gal | United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters |
gallon, Imperial gallon, congius | A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters | |
Broader | British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit | A unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System |
United States liquid unit | A liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System | |
Spanish | barril, bbl | |
Catalan | barril, bbl |
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