gallon

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noun

Plural noun:

gallons

1.
A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
2.
(British, Canada)exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
3.
(US)231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
4.
(US)one-eighth of a U.S. bushel or approximately 4.405 liters for dry goods (a "U.S. dry gallon").
5.
(in plural, informal)(in the plural, informal) A large quantity (of any liquid).
The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen.

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From Middle English gallon, galoun, galun, from galun, galon (liquid measure) (compare jalon), from galum, galus (measure of wine), from *galla (vessel), possibly from *galla, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (goblet).