gallon
/ˈɡælən/ noun B1- A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
- 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
- one-eighth of a U.S. bushel or approximately 4.405 liters for dry goods (a "U.S. dry gallon").
- A large quantity (of any liquid). · The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen.
Plural gallons
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Stop this moment, I tell you!” But she went on all the same, shedding gallons of tears, until there was a large pool all round her, about four inches deep and reaching half down the hall.
Millions of gallons of water crash down every minute.
Producing just one basic cotton T-shirt requires about seven hundred gallons of fresh water.
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