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Gallon

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English

Noun

gallon (plural gallons)

A unit of volume used for liquids, equivalent to eight pints (eight imperial pints making an imperial gallon in the UK, and eight US pints making a US gallon in the US).
(in plural gallons; colloquial) A large quantity (of any liquid).
The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen.

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The noun "gallon" has two senses:

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