DRYMEASURE

Dry measure

Dry measures are units of volume used to measure bulk commodities which are not gas or liquid. They are typically used in agriculture, agronomy, and commodity markets to measure grain, dried beans, and dried and fresh fruit ; formerly also salt pork and fish. They are also used in fishing for clams, crabs, etc. and formerly for many other substances which were typically shipped and delivered in a standardized container such as a barrel.

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dry measure

Noun

  1. A unit of volume used in measuring dry commodities (e.g. grain or fruit).
    The peck and the bushel are commonly used imperial dry measures


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