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CHALDRON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 36 bushels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("chaldron" is a kind of...):
British capacity unit; Imperial capacity unit (a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet)