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CONGIUS
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Irregular inflected form: congii
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters
Synonyms:
congius; gallon; Imperial gallon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("congius" 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)
Meronyms (parts of "congius"):
quart (a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters)
Holonyms ("congius" is a part of...):
barrel; bbl (any of various units of capacity)
bushel (a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks)
firkin (a British unit of capacity equal to 9 imperial gallons)
