Quart vs. Pint

Quartnoun

A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.

Pintnoun

A unit of volume, equivalent to:

Quartnoun

(cards) Four successive cards of the same suit.

Pintnoun

⅛ of a gallon

Quartnoun

(obsolete) A fourth; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.

Pintnoun

approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint)

Quartnoun

The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.

‘Camber did possess the western quart.’;

Pintnoun

(United States) approximately

Quartnoun

A measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure; the fourth part of a gallon; the eighth part of a peck; two pints.

Pintnoun

(Hungary) 1.696 liters

Quartnoun

A vessel or measure containing a quart.

Pintnoun

(medicine) 12 ounces

Quartnoun

In cards, four successive cards of the same suit. Cf. Tierce, 4.

Pintnoun

A pint of milk.

‘Please leave three pints tomorrow, milkman.’;

Quartnoun

a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon

Pintnoun

(metonym) A glass of beer, served by the pint.

Quartnoun

a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters

Pintnoun

A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, - used in liquid and dry measures. See Quart.

Quartnoun

a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches

Pintnoun

The laughing gull.

Quart

The quart (symbol: qt) is an English unit of volume equal to a quarter gallon. Three kinds of quarts are currently used: the liquid quart and dry quart of the US customary system and the imperial quart of the British imperial system.

Pintnoun

a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters

Pintnoun

a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches

Pintnoun

a United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart

Pintnoun

a unit of liquid or dry capacity equal to one eighth of a gallon, in Britain equal to 0.568 litre and in the US equal to 0.473 litre (for liquid measure) or 0.551 litre (for dry measure).

Pintnoun

a pint of beer

‘we'll probably go for a pint on the way home’;

Pintnoun

a pint of milk

‘two pints today, please’;

Pintnoun

a measure of shellfish, the amount containable in a pint mug.

Pint

The pint (, listen ; symbol pt, sometimes abbreviated as p) is a unit of volume or capacity in both the imperial and United States customary measurement systems. In both of those systems it is traditionally one eighth of a gallon.