dry measure

dry measure

n.

A system of units for measuring dry commodities such as grains, fruits, and vegetables.

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dry measure

A system of units for measuring the volume or capacity of dry commodities, such as grains, fruits, and vegetables. Compare liquid measure.

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dry measure - a unit of capacity for dry commodities (as fruit or grain) dry unit capacity measure, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unit - a unit of measurement of volume or capacity British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit - a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet ardeb - a unit of dry measure used in Egypt epha, ephah - an ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel United States dry unit - a unit of measurement of capacity for dry substances officially adopted in the United States Customary System