Definitions for gallon

gallon gal·lon

Spelling: [gal-uh n]
IPA: /ˈgæl ən/

Gallon is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in gallon (agllno).

Definitions for gallon

noun

  1. a common unit of capacity in English-speaking countries, equal to four quarts, the U.S. standard gallon being equal to 231 cubic inches (3.7853 liters), and the British imperial gallon to 277.42 cubic inches (4.546 liters). Abbreviation: gal.

Origin of gallon

1250-1300; Middle English galo(u)n, gallon Old North French galon, derivative from base of Medieval Latin gallēta jug, bucket, of uncertain origin

Examples for gallon

Let them settle, then pour in one gallon of the best wine vinegar; and add to every four gallons, one gallon of foreign brandy.

The result is that a gallon of milk at the local market costs $12.55.

To every gallon of water you must take a gallon of cowslips.

Boil the barley, previously washed, in six quarts of water, which when boiled sufficiently soft will be reduced to a gallon.

And once or twice a week, I will brew three gallon batches of iced tea, and put it in refrigeration.

Pick eight ounces of English saffron very clean, cut it fine, and steep it twenty-four hours in a gallon of the best white wine.

"And I know I must have lost a gallon of blood," said Harry.

Gas is $8.00 a gallon, so those forced to use these designated routes are wasting both time and money they don't have.

Every gallon of ice cream you purchase in the Grand Canyon State is guaranteed to weigh at least four and a half pounds.

“These people act like we drink a gallon of blood and hang upside down from crucifixes before we go onstage,” Rob Halford says.

Word Value for gallon
Scrable

7

Words with friends

11

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