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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

measure, quantity, amount go
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

definite quantity go
a specific measure of amount

unit, unit of measurement go
any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange

volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit go
a unit of measurement of volume or capacity

liquid unit, liquid measure go
a unit of capacity for liquids (for measuring the volumes of liquids or their containers)

British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit
a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System

noun.quantity

15 Subcategories

barrel, bbl go
any of various units of capacity
minim go
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters
fluidram, fluid dram, fluid drachm, drachm go
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters
fluidounce, fluid ounce go
a British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to 8 fluid drams or 28.416 cubic centimeters (1.734 cubic inches)
gill go
a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters
pint go
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters
quart go
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters
gallon, Imperial gallon, congius go
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters
peck go
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
bushel go
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks
firkin go
a British unit of capacity equal to 9 imperial gallons
kilderkin go
an obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons
quarter go
a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
hogshead go
a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages
chaldron go
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 36 bushels