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pint

/paɪnt/noun1 syllable

Pint means: a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches.

Synonyms for pint1

noun, as in a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches

dry pint

What does pint mean?3

noun

1

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

2

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

3

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Pint in a sentence

  • Come on, let's have a pint — my shout.sundown
  • He's got a pint glass on his head.sundown
  • You can't make heads or tails of it without a pint.deniko
  • Pour a pint of boiling water over one quart of white oatmeal.PublicDomainRecipes
  • We went down the pub and had a few pints.sundown
  • I'd like to have a pint of Guinness.deniko
  • This beer mug holds a pint. But how much is that?Dejo
  • Where can we get a pint and watch the football on Sunday?sundown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of pint

as a noun

plural
pints