English > dry unit: 1 sense > noun 1, quantity| Meaning | A unit of capacity for dry commodities (as fruit or grain). |
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| Synonym | dry measure |
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| Narrower | British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit | A unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | medida para áridos |
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