English noun: Imperial capacity unit |
1. | Imperial capacity unit (quantity) a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet |
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| Synonyms | British capacity unit |
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| Broader (hypernym) | dry measure, dry unit, liquid measure, liquid unit |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | barrel, bbl, bushel, chaldron, congius, drachm, firkin, fluid drachm, fluid dram, fluid ounce, fluidounce, fluidram, gallon, gill, hogshead, Imperial gallon, kilderkin, minim, peck, pint, quart, quarter |
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