Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gallon

2 senses of gallon

Sense 1
gallon, gal -- (United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters)
       => United States liquid unit -- (a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System)

Sense 2
gallon, Imperial gallon, congius -- (a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters)
       => British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit -- (a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet)