gal
1. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters (Freq. 1) • Syn: gallon • Hypernyms: United States liquid unit • Part Holonyms: barrel, bbl • Part Meronyms: quart 2. a unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second (named after Galileo) • Hypernyms: acceleration unit 3. alliterative term for girl (or woman) • Usage Domain: colloquialism • Hypernyms: girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
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