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Definitions of gallon

1. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

2. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

3. The standard measure of capacity - 4 quarts. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

4. Measure of four quarts. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

5. A liquid measure. (1) U. S. standard, 231 cubic inches. (2) Brit. Imperial, 277.274 cubic inches. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

6. A dry measure; one eighth of a bushel. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

7. A measure of capacity, usually for liquids, containing four quarts. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

8. A liquid or dry measure containing four quarts. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

Usage examples for gallon

1. When they told him it was 29 cents a gallon he said, " Put in one gallon – The-Life-of-Me-an-autobiography by Johnson, Clarence Edgar

2. In 1838 the Massachusetts Legislature passed what was known as the Fifteen- Gallon Law. – Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 by George Boutwell