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gal.

gal. is the abbreviation of gallon.

Meaning of gallon

Noun

gallon (plural gallons)

  1. A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
  2. (Canada, UK) exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
  3. (US) 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
  4. (US) one-eighth of a U.S. bushel or approximately 4.405 liters for dry goods (a "U.S. dry gallon").
  5. (in plural, informal) A large quantity (of any liquid).
    • The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen.

See all 6 meanings of gallon

Proper noun capitalized: Gal.

Gal.

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Galatians.

Forms of gal.

pluralgals.

Words formed from gal.

Questions about gal.

What is gal. the abbreviation of?
Gal. is the abbreviation of gallon.
What part of speech is gal.?
Gal. is a proper noun.

Words near gal. in the dictionary

  1. gal Fridays
  2. gal game
  3. gal pal
  4. gal pals
  5. gal-iron
  6. gal.
  7. gala
  8. gala dress
  9. gala dresses
  10. gala pie
  11. gala pies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gal. (page history and authors); Gal. (page history and authors); gallon (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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