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British capacity unit, n.

a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet
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British capacity unit Imperial capacity unit

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hypernym

liquid unit, liquid measure dry unit, dry measure

hyponym

barrel, bbl minim fluidram, fluid dram, fluid drachm, drachm fluidounce, fluid ounce gill pint quart gallon, Imperial gallon, congius peck bushel firkin kilderkin quarter hogshead chaldron