gallon
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- noun
- /ˈɡælən/
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galón
- Also, I drink to this day nearly a gallon of water a day.
- miles per gallon
- MPG (miles per gallon)
- cents per gallon
We have used up gallons of fuel and you know what?
- We have used up gallons of fuel and you know what?
- Police went in and seized thousands of gallons of diesel fuel that didn't work.
- You got a whole semi truck, hundreds of thousands of gallons, millions of fish.
- And also that way I can also add my soil amendments to each gallon of seed starting mix.
- In a couple hours, you have a couple gallons of water and you just keep it going.
- My outcome was one gallon of water a day, OK?
- Just like would you drink a gallon of some lady's milk?
- I'd buy a fucking straight up sweet gallon of cocaine.
Examples
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There must be a gallon of potato salad left over.
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The facility has a flow of 27 to 28 million gallons per day.
Academic text (1999) -
You got a whole gallon full of water.
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I will give them water once every day, a gallon a day for three weeks.
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My outcome was one gallon of water a day, OK?
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"It's been pretty quiet." "Well, we need a gallon of milk," she said.
Fiction book (1990) -
The grocer said there were 2 gallons of kerosene delivered and not paid for.
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Residents also receive a green, two-gallon kitchen pail for food scraps and paper.
Academic text (1999) -
It's an 80-gallon tank.
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I need a gallon of milk for the recipe.
Synonyms
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A unit for liquid volume used in the United States equal to about 3.785 liters
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Etymology
The word gallon comes from an old French word galon that meant a 'measure' or a liquid container. That's why gallon today is the name for a certain 'amount of liquid', even though the exact size changed between Britain and America.