Gallon Definition

gălən
gallons
noun
gallons
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.
Webster's New World
A unit of dry measure, equal to12 peck or 4 dry quarts (4.4048 dry liters or 0.1556 cubic foot)
Webster's New World
Any container with a capacity of one gallon.
Webster's New World
(in the plural, informal) A large quantity (of any liquid).
The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen.
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Noun

Singular:
gallon
Plural:
gallons

Origin of Gallon

  • From Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French galon, ultimately from Medieval Latin galleta. Cf. also French jalon.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English a liquid measure from Old North French galon

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Gallon Sentence Examples

  • How much does a gallon of milk weigh?

  • Each gallon of their waters contains about 28.5 cub.

  • He assumes that in what is considered a good producing district the amount of petroleum which can be obtained from a cubic foot of rock would not be more than a gallon, and that the average thickness of the oil-bearing rock would not exceed 5 ft.

  • In addition to the scenery, we have a million gallon hot spring pool run by the town.

  • And say the net cost to society of having a gallon of polluted water dumped into the river—the cleanup cost, or the economic impact of the gallon of dirty water—is $10.

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Words Starting With

GGAGAL

Words Ending With

NONLON

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With G6 Letter Words Ending With N