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dry measure

dry measure noun: a unit of volume used in measuring dry commodities (e.g. grain or fruit).

Noun

dry measure (plural dry measures)

  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

dry measure meaning in Tamil and Telugu

dry measure in Tamil

உலர் பருமஅளவு

dry measure in Telugu

a dry measure, equal to two సోల
తవ్వ tavva
a dry measure; one fourth of a కుంచము, or one-sixteenth of a తూము
మానిక mānika

Forms of dry measure

pluraldry measures

Questions about dry measure

What does dry measure mean?
Dry measure means a unit of volume used in measuring dry commodities (e.g. grain or fruit).
What is dry measure in Tamil?
Dry measure in Tamil is உலர் பருமஅளவு. See Dry measure meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dry measure?
Dry measure is a noun.
What is the plural of dry measure?
The plural of dry measure is dry measures.

Words near dry measure in the dictionary

  1. dry martinis
  2. dry mass
  3. dry masses
  4. dry matter
  5. dry matters
  6. dry measure
  7. dry measures
  8. dry meter
  9. dry meters
  10. dry moon
  11. dry mouth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dry measure (page history and authors); dry measure (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); తవ్వ (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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