PINT

Pint

The pint is a unit of volume or capacity in both the United States customary and imperial measurement systems. The imperial pint is used in the United Kingdom and Ireland and to some extent in other Commonwealth nations. There are two customary pints used in the United States: a liquid pint and a less-common dry pint . Each of these pints is one-eighth of the respective gallon; but because of differing definitions of the gallon, the imperial pint is about 20% larger than the US liquid pint. This difference dates back to the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824, which standardised various liquid measures throughout the British Empire; the US measures were ...

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pint

Noun

  1. A unit of volume, equivalent to ⅛ of a gallon or
    1. in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint) and
    2. in the United States approximately
      1. 473 millilitres for liquids (a US liquid pint) or
      2. 551 millilitres for dry goods (a US dry pint).
    3. hungarian pint 1,696 liter
  2. A pint of milk.
    Please leave three pints tomorrow, milkman
  3. A glass of beer, served by the pint.


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