gallon

Definition of Gallon in English :

1. gal, gallon

United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters

a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gallon

noun

1. Also called: imperial gallon British

a unit of capacity equal to 277.42 cubic inches. 1 Brit gallon is equivalent to 1.20 US gallons or 4.55 litres

2. US

a unit of capacity equal to 231 cubic inches. 1 US gallon is equivalent to 0.83 imperial gallon or 3.79 litres

3. (plural)

great quantities

noun

1.

a.

a unit of liquid measure, equal to 4 liquid quarts (3.7854 liquid liters): the British and Canadian imperial gallon equals 4.54596 liquid liters

b.

a unit of dry measure, equal to 1⁄2 peck or 4 dry quarts (4.4048 dry liters or 0.1556 cubic foot)

abbrev. gal

2.

any container with a capacity of one gallon

n.

1. Abbr. gal.

a. A unit of volume in the US Customary System, used in liquid measure, equal to 4 quarts (3.785 liters).

b. A unit of volume in the British Imperial System, used in liquid and dry measure, equal to 4 quarts (4.546 liters). See Table at measurement.

2.

a. A container with a capacity of one gallon.

b. The contents of such a container.