vedro
UK/vəˈdɹəʊ/US/vəˈdɹoʊ/
vedro noun: a Russian liquid measure, equal to approximately 2.7 imperial gallons.
Noun
vedro (plural vedros or vedra)
- A Russian liquid measure, equal to approximately 2.7 imperial gallons.
- The native cows are small and ugly animals, and do not give on an average more than 60 vedra of milk a year (1 vedro = 2¾ imp. gallons).1911 January, R. Efimov, translated by M. D. Byrne, Florence M., Mac-Iver, and A. Brodrick-Bullock, “Agricultural Condition of the Government of Irkutsk (Siberia)”, in International Institute of...
- Measures which have exercised a material influence on the rise of the revenue are: the increase (from October 14, 1908) of the price on Crown spirit by 40 kopeks on the vedro, which for 1911, with a consumption of 91.3 million vedra, amounted to 36.5 million roubles; […]1912, Michael Alexeyenko, “Five Years of Budget Work”, in School of Russian Studies in the University of Liverpool, The Russian Review: A Quarterly Review of Russian History, Politics, Economics, and...
Forms of vedro
| plural | vedros |
|---|---|
| plural | vedra |
Origin of vedro
Borrowed from Russian ведро́ (vedró, “bucket; vedro”).
Words that rhyme with vedro
Questions about vedro
- What does vedro mean?
- Vedro means a Russian liquid measure, equal to approximately 2.7 imperial gallons.
- What part of speech is vedro?
- Vedro is a noun.
- How do you pronounce vedro?
- Vedro is pronounced /vəˈdɹəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of vedro?
- The plural of vedro is vedros.
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