pint
IPA: pˈaɪnt
noun
- A unit of volume, equivalent to:
- one eighth of a gallon, specifically:
- (UK, Commonwealth) 20 fluid ounces, approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint)
- (US): one half quart
- 16 US fluid ounces [473 millilitres] for liquids (a US liquid pint) or
- approximately 33.6 cubic inches [550.6 cubic centimeters] for dry goods (a US dry pint).
- (Hungary) 1.696 liters
- (medicine) 12 fluid ounces
- (Britain, metonymically) A pint of milk.
- (UK, metonymically) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
- A surname from Dutch.
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Examples of "pint" in Sentences
- Cheers, mine's a pie and a pint.
- And here's a pint of bitter for you.
- In recognition of this, have a pint on me.
- Heat about a pint of the dice in half a pint of cream.
- No, then neither is the pint or half pint in this case.
- If a physicist buys a pint of milk, its a pint of milk.
- They are accepting pre orders for quarts and pints of soup.
- Liquid weight was based on the pint and dry measure on the quart.
- A plunky drinker refuses to be beaten by the floods yesterday as he enjoys a pint in the deluge.
- The 48 year old was seen enjoying the sun as he larked about with mates while having a pint in a bar on Sydney Harbour.
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