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gallon
noun
- : abbrev. gal
- a unit of liquid measure, equal to 4 liquid quarts (3.7854 liquid liters): the British and Canadian imperial gallon equals 4.54596 liquid liters
- a unit of dry measure, equal to peck or 4 dry quarts (4.4048 dry liters or 0.1556 cubic foot)
- any container with a capacity of one gallon
See gallon in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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