Definitions for gallon
ˈgæl əngal·lon

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

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

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. gallonnoun

   A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints

   Etymology: From galon, galun, ultimately from galleta.

2. gallonnoun

   exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon

   Etymology: From galon, galun, ultimately from galleta.

3. gallonnoun

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

   Etymology: From galon, galun, ultimately from galleta.

4. gallonnoun

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

   Etymology: From galon, galun, ultimately from galleta.

5. gallonnoun

   A large quantity (of any liquid).

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

   Etymology: From galon, galun, ultimately from galleta.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Gallonnoun

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

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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Gallon

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

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1. • British Capacity Unit
   • United States Liquid Unit

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1. Loglan

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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. Robert X Cringely:

   If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost 100, get one million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Assad Volcy:

   We are asking for gasoline prices to be reduced to 100 gourdes ($2) a gallon.

5. John Meyer:

   We all used to carry this stuff. I called it skunk oil, we poured it in a 2-gallon can, poured it out, and threw a match in it, and it'd start a fire along all the rails. We're talking in the mid -'70s. Nowadays you'd get in big trouble doing that.

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