United States dry unit
- noun
- Specialized
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unidad seca de los Estados Unidos
- The dry quart is a United States dry unit equal to approximately 1.101 liters.
Examples
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Farmers often use the United States dry unit bushel to measure grain harvests.
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A common United States dry unit is the dry gallon, used for measuring agricultural products.
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A United States dry unit is essential for measuring ingredients in recipes.
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Many recipes require a United States dry unit for accuracy.
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The dry quart is a United States dry unit used for measuring the volume of dry ingredients in cooking.
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A common United States dry unit used in agriculture is the bushel for measuring harvested grains.
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Farmers rely on the United States dry unit gallon when calculating the amount of produce they harvest.
Synonyms
A unit for measuring dry goods like grain or fruit
A unit for measuring how much space dry goods like grain or fruit take
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'United States' specifies the country, 'dry' qualifies the kind of substance, and 'unit' denotes a measurement, so the meaning 'a measurement unit used in the United States for dry substances' is directly inferable from the parts. This follows regular noun-modifier patterns in English and is not idiomatic, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should understand the MWE.
Etymology
United States dry unit likely comes from old farm life, where people used special sizes for 'dry goods' like grain and beans. Calling these measures dry marked them as for solids rather than liquids, so today a United States dry unit means a unit used to measure dry things such as the dry pint or bushel.
