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FLUID OUNCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches
Synonyms:
fluid ounce; fluidounce
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("fluid ounce" is a kind of...):
United States liquid unit (a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System)
Meronyms (parts of "fluid ounce"):
drachm; fluid drachm; fluid dram; fluidram (a unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce)
Holonyms ("fluid ounce" is a part of...):
gill (a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to 8 fluid drams or 28.416 cubic centimeters (1.734 cubic inches)
Synonyms:
fluid ounce; fluidounce
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("fluid ounce" 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 "fluid ounce"):
drachm; fluid drachm; fluid dram; fluidram (a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters)
Holonyms ("fluid ounce" is a part of...):
gill (a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters)
