English > capacity measure: 1 sense > noun 1, quantity| Meaning | A unit of measurement of volume or capacity. |
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| Synonyms | volume unit, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit |
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| Part of | volume | The amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object |
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| Narrower | acre-foot | The volume of water that would cover 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot |
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| acre inch | One twelfth of an acre-foot |
| board foot | The volume of a piece of wood 1 foot square and 1 inch thick |
| cord | A unit of amount of wood cut for burning |
| cran | A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring |
| cubic foot, cu ft | The volume equal to a cube one foot on each side |
| cubic inch, cu in | The volume equal to a cube one inch on each side |
| cubic yard, yard | A unit of volume (as for sand or gravel) |
| dry unit, dry measure | A unit of capacity for dry commodities (as fruit or grain) |
| fathom, fthm | (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore |
| field capacity | The maximum amount of water that a particular soil can hold |
| hin | ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons |
| homer, kor | An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths / baths or 10 ephahs |
| last | A unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels |
| liquid unit, liquid measure | A unit of capacity for liquids / liquids (for measuring the volumes of liquids / liquids or their containers) |
| metric capacity unit | A capacity unit defined in metric terms |
| standard | A board measure = 1980 board feet |
| Broader | unit of measurement, unit | Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange |
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| Spanish | medida de capacidad, unidad de volumen |
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| Catalan | mesura de capacitat, unitat de volum |
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