gallon
A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
Other meanings
exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
Related words
- gallonage
- gasoline gallon equivalent
- gasoline-equivalent gallon
- galloner
- ale gallon
- corn gallon
- kilogallon
- megagallon
- multigallon
- Roman gallon
- ten-gallon hat
- Winchester gallon
Word history
From Latin "galum".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “gallon” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.