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 Definitions of gallon  [ˈgæl ən]  

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Definition of 'gallon' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) gallon
a common unit of capacity in English-speaking countries, equal to four quarts, the U.S. standard gallon being equal to 231 cubic inches (3.7853 liters), and the British imperial gallon to 277.42 cubic inches (4.546 liters).

Etymology:  (1250–1300; < ONF galon, der. from base of ML gallēta jug, bucket)

Definition of 'gallon' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) gallon, gal
United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters

2. (noun) gallon, Imperial gallon, congius
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters


Definition of 'gallon' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) gallon
a unit for measuring liquid
a gallon of water/milk/gas; The tank holds 12 gallons.


Definition of 'gallon' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) gallon
a measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure


Translation of 'gallon' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a measure for liquids, eight pints (in Britain, 4.546 litres; in the United States, 3.785 litres).

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: gelling Arabic flag Arabic: غالون Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: галон
Brazilian flag Brazilian: galão Czech flag Czech: galon German flag German: die Gallone
Danish flag Danish: gallon Greek flag Greek: γαλόνι Spanish flag Spanish: galón
Estonian flag Estonian: gallon Farsi flag Farsi: گالن Finnish flag Finnish: gallona
French flag French: gallon Hebrew flag Hebrew: גַלוֹן Hindi flag Hindi: गैलन लगभग ४.५ लीटर
Croatian flag Croatian: galon Hungarian flag Hungarian: gallon Indonesian flag Indonesian: galon
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gallon Italian flag Italian: gallone Japanese flag Japanese: ガロン
Korean flag Korean: 갤런 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: galonas Latvian flag Latvian: galons
Malay flag Malay: gelen Dutch flag Dutch: gallon Norwegian flag Norwegian: gallon
Polish flag Polish: galon Persian flag Persian: گالن Pashto flag Pashto: ګيلن
Portuguese flag Portuguese: galão Romanian flag Romanian: galon Russian flag Russian: галлон
Slovak flag Slovak: galón Slovenian flag Slovenian: galona Serbian flag Serbian: galon
Swedish flag Swedish: gallon Thai flag Thai: หน่วยวัดปริมาตรของของเหลว Turkish flag Turkish: galon
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 加崙 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: галон Urdu flag Urdu: مائعات غلے وغیرہ کی مقدار
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: galông Chinese flag Chinese: 加仑

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