Dry Quart (Noun)
Meaning
A United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The farmer filled a dry quart container with wheat to measure the amount harvested.
- She carefully scooped 4 cups of oats into a measuring cup equivalent to a dry quart.
- In the old recipe, it called for 3 dry quarts of beans to be cooked slowly.
- The bucket contained 2 dry quarts of peanuts that needed to be stored.
- For the gardening project, they required 5 dry quarts of fertilizer to be spread evenly.