Definitions for gallon
ˈgæl əngal·lon

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. gallon, galnoun

   United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters

2. gallon, Imperial gallon, congiusnoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. gallonnoun

   A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints

2. gallonnoun

   exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon

3. gallonnoun

   231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")

4. gallonnoun

   one-eighth of a U.S. bushel or approximately 4.405 liters for dry goods (a "U.S. dry gallon").

5. gallonnoun

   A large quantity (of any liquid).

   The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen.

6. Etymology: From galon, galun, ultimately from galleta.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gallonnoun

   A liquid measure of four quarts.

   Etymology: gelo, low Latin.

   Beat them into powder, and boil them in a gallon of wine, in a vessel close stopped. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gallon

   The gallon is a unit of volume in imperial units and United States customary units. Three different versions are in current use: the imperial gallon (imp gal), defined as 4.54609 litres, which is or was used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and some Caribbean countries; the US gallon (US gal), defined as 3.785411784 L, (231 cubic inches) which is used in the US and some Latin American and Caribbean countries; and the US dry gallon ("usdrygal"), defined as 1⁄8 US bushel (exactly 4.40488377086 L).There are two pints in a quart and four quarts in a gallon. Different sizes of pints account for the different sizes of the imperial and US gallons. The IEEE standard symbol for both US (liquid) and imperial gallon is gal, not to be confused with the gal (symbol: Gal), a CGS unit of acceleration.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gallon

   A gallon is a unit of volume primarily used in the United States but also in some other countries. Traditionally used for measuring volumes of liquid substances like milk or gasoline. It's equivalent to approximately 3.785 liters in the U.S. standard system, but in the British imperial system, it equates to about 4.546 liters.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gallonnoun

   a measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure

2. Etymology: [OF galon, jalon, LL. galo, galona, fr. galum a liquid measure; cf. F. jale large bowl. Cf. Gill a measure.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Gallon

   gal′un, n. the standard measure of capacity=4 quarts. [O. Fr. galun, galon, jalon; app. cog. with Fr. jale, a bowl.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GALLON

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gallon is ranked #20099 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Gallon surname appeared 1,329 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Gallon.
   
   63.8% or 849 total occurrences were Black.
   21.6% or 287 total occurrences were White.
   9.1% or 122 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   3.8% or 51 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.9% or 13 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.5% or 7 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • British Capacity Unit
   • United States Liquid Unit

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Anagrams for gallon »

1. Loglan

How to pronounce gallon?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say gallon in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gallon in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gallon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of gallon in a Sentence

1. Kim Schrier:

   People were already suffering at the gas pump before this, we saw an increase of over a dollar per gallon over the last year and a half or so. That can be blamed realistically on the pandemic.

2. De Haan:

   We could see a national average that flirts with, or in a worst-case scenario, potentially exceeds $ 4 a gallon.

3. Steve Scalise:

   President Biden should immediately reverse his devastating policies that are causing gas prices to skyrocket and are giving Putin leverage against the rest of the world and return to the policies that were working under President Trump to create American energy dominance with gas prices below $2 a gallon, speaker Pelosi and President Biden’s radical Green New Deal agenda will be a major issue in November’s elections.

4. Trish Oliphant:

   We encourage people to really bury the hatchet, so to speak, so they can move forward to a brighter and better future, it’s better than sitting home and eating a gallon of ice cream.

5. Alyssa Pike:

   The general rule of thumb for emergencies is to store at least one gallon of water per person or pet per day and to have a three-day supply handy. However, if you typically drink tap water or have some sort of filter, I wouldn't worry about buying copious amounts of water.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gallon
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gallon
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=gallon
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gallon
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=gallon
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=gallon