kilderkin

1. 1.

   an obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons

   BroaderBritish capacity unit

   Partsfirkin

Other forms of kilderkin

plural

kilderkins·

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 kilderkin

What does kilderkin mean?

kilderkin means "an obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons".

How many syllables are in kilderkin?

kilderkin has 3 syllables: kil-der-kin. The stress falls on "kil".

Is kilderkin a common word?

kilderkin 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.