dry quart
- noun
- /draɪ kwɔrt/
- Specialized
:
cuartillo seco
- The recipe calls for half a dry quart of flour.
Examples
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A bushel contains 32 dry quarts in the United States system.
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A dry quart of strawberries is often sold at farmer’s markets.
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I need a dry quart of flour for the recipe.
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The recipe calls for two dry quarts of oats.
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The recipe calls for half a dry quart of flour.
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A bushel contains 32 dry quarts in the United States system.
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A dry quart of strawberries is often sold at farmer’s markets.
Synonyms
A unit used in the United States to measure dry things like grain
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 meaning is directly compositional: 'dry' modifies 'quart' to indicate a quart used for dry (not liquid) goods, so the overall sense is inferable from the constituents. While the precise U.S. technical volume may be new, a B1 learner who knows 'dry' and 'quart' can understand this as a type of quart for dry measurement.
Etymology
Dry quart comes from old market use: a quart was a 'quarter' of a gallon, and sellers used a special dry measure for grains, flour and fruit. So, dry quart means the standard small unit used to measure dry goods (about 1.1 litres).
