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PINT
pint
(noun) a United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart
pint, dry pint
(noun) a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches
pint
(noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pint (plural pints)
A unit of volume, equivalent to
one eighth of a gallon, specifically
(United Kingdom, Commonwealth) 20 fluid ounces, approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint)
(United States): one half quart
16 US fluid ounces [473 millilitres] for liquids (a US liquid pint) or
approximately 18.62 fluid ounces [551 millilitres] for dry goods (a US dry pint).
(Hungary) 1.696 liters
(medicine) 12 fluid ounces
(British, metonym) A pint of milk.
(UK, metonymy) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
Anagrams
• INTP, nipt
Source: Wiktionary
Pint, n. Etym: [OE. pinte, F. pinte, fr. Sp. pinta spot, mark, pint, fr. pintar to paint; a mark for a pint prob. having been made on or in a larger measure. See Paint.]
Definition: A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, -- used in liquid and dry measures. See Quart.
Pint, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The laughing gull. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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