Akademik

fluid ounce
noun
1. a British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to 8 fluid drams or 28.416 cubic centimeters (1.734 cubic inches)
Syn: ↑fluidounce
Hypernyms: ↑British capacity unit, ↑Imperial capacity unit
Part Holonyms: ↑gill
Part Meronyms: ↑fluidram, ↑fluid dram, ↑fluid drachm, ↑drachm
2. a United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches
Syn: ↑fluidounce
Hypernyms: ↑United States liquid unit
Part Holonyms: ↑gill
Part Meronyms: ↑fluidram, ↑fluid dram, ↑fluid drachm, ↑drachm

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noun, pl ⋯ ounces [count]
1 US : a unit of liquid measurement equal to 1/16 of a U.S. pint or about 29.6 milliliters
2 Brit : a unit of liquid measurement equal to 1/20 of a British pint or about 28.4 milliliters

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ˌfluid ˈounce [fluid ounce fluid ounces] noun (abbr. fl oz)
a unit for measuring liquids. There are 20 fluid ounces in a British pint and 16 in an American pint.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.