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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