GALLON
gallon, gal
(noun) United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
gallon, Imperial gallon, congius
(noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gallon (plural gallons)
A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
(British, Canadian) exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
(US) 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
(US) one-eighth of a U.S. bushel or approximately 4.405 liters for dry goods (a "U.S. dry gallon").
(in the plural, informal) A large quantity (of any liquid).
Anagrams
• Loglan
Proper noun
Gallon (plural Gallons)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gallon is the 20099th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1329 individuals. Gallon is most common among Black/African American (63.88%) and White (21.6%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Loglan
Source: Wiktionary
Gal"lon, n. Etym: [OF galon, jalon, LL. galo, galona, fr. galum a
liquid measure; cf. F. jale large bowl. Cf. Gill a measure.]
Definition: A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for the
most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure.
Note: The standart gallon of the Unites States contains 231 cubic
inches, or 8.3389 pounds avoirdupois of distilled water at its
maximum density, and with the barometer at 30 inches. This is almost
exactly equivalent to a cylinder of seven inches in diameter and six
inches in height, and is the same as the old English wine gallon. The
beer gallon, now little used in the United States, contains 282 cubic
inches. The English imperial gallon contains 10 pounds avoirdupois of
distilled water at 62
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition