dry measure

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dry measure
system of units of capacity used in measuring dry commodities
 
dry measures
system for measuring dry goods (grain, vegetables, etc.)

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Dry measure
Dry measures are units of volume used to measure bulk commodities which are not fluids, which were typically shipped in and sold by standardized containers such as barrels. They are typically used in agricultureagronomy, and commodity markets to measure grain, dried beans, dried and fresh fruit, clams, and crabs. They were formerly used for many other foods, such as salt pork and salted fish, and for industrial commodities such as coal, cement, and lime.

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dry measure

Noun
1. a unit of capacity for dry commodities (as fruit or grain)
(synonym) dry unit
(hypernym) volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit
(hyponym) British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit


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dry measure
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    dry-measure
    dry-measure /'drai,meʤə/
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      dry-measure
      danh từ
      • sự cân đong hàng khô (gạo, ngô...)