KILDERKIN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("kilderkin" 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 "kilderkin"):

firkin (a British unit of capacity equal to 9 imperial gallons)

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