dry_measure (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *dry measure*:
NOUN	quantity	dry measure, dry unit	a unit of capacity for dry commodities (as fruit or grain)

English > *dry measure*: 1 sense > noun 1, quantity
Meaning	A unit of capacity for dry commodities (as fruit or grain).
Synonym	dry unit
Narrower	British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit	A unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System
	United States dry unit	A unit of measurement of capacity for dry substances officially adopted in the United States Customary System
	ardeb	A unit of dry measure used in Egypt
	ephah, epha	An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel
Broader	volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit	A unit of measurement of volume or capacity
Spanish	medida para áridos

HyperDic: dry_measure