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almuds

almuds is the plural of almud.

Meaning of almud

Noun

almud (plural almuds)

  1. (historical) A traditional Spanish and Portuguese unit of dry measure or volume, highly variable by region and substance but often equivalent to about 4.6 liters (one celemin).
    • An almud is a measure of volume rather than weight; an almud of wheat equals about 22 pounds and an almud of potatoes 20 pounds.1990, Carmen Diana Deere, Household and Class Relations, page 79
  2. (historical) A traditional unit of land area, nominally the amount of land that could be sown with one almud of seed.
  3. (historical) A low, wide box used as a physical measure for this unit.

Questions about almuds

What is almuds the plural of?
Almuds is the plural of almud.

Words near almuds in the dictionary

  1. almuce
  2. almuces
  3. almud
  4. almude
  5. almudes
  6. almuds
  7. almug
  8. Almuredin
  9. Almurta
  10. almurtide
  11. Almutairi

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