fluidounce

1. 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)

   Synonymsfluid ounce

   BroaderBritish capacity unit

   Part ofgill

   Partsfluidram
2. 2.

   a United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches

   Synonymsfluid ounce

   BroaderUnited States liquid unit

   Part ofgill

   Partsfluidram

Other forms of fluidounce

plural

fluidounces·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fluidounce

What does fluidounce mean?

fluidounce means "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)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fluidounce?

fluidounce has 3 syllables: flu-i-dounce. The stress falls on "flu".

What is another word for fluidounce?

Close synonyms include fluid ounce, fluid ounce. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fluidounce a common word?

fluidounce is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.