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Meanings of quart in English

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

        Usage of quart in English
        1
        The commonest size holds about a quart; the largest about two gallons.
        The Pagan Tribes of Borneo / A Description of Their Physical Mor...
        2
        A gallon of water weighs eight pounds; one quart weighs two pounds.
        Climbing Magazine
        3
        Combine the corncobs, miso, onion, and water in a 6-quart pressure cooker.
        Cooking for geeks: real science, great hacks, and good food
        4
        There should be a quart of liquid in the pot when done.
        Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
        5
        Took four hundred dollars and change and a quart of Wild Turkey.
        Four to score
        6
        Pemberton hoped the half-quart was enough and tried to help it along.
        Serena
        7
        From her large red purse she's already pulling out a quart-size flask.
        Ford county: stories
        8
        Then skim it well, and pour in a quart of boiling water.
        Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
        9
        Boil some cinnamon in a quart of milk, and then strain it.
        Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
        10
        Soak one pint of bread in a quart of milk till soft.
        Things Mother Used to Make / A Collection of Old Time Recipes, S...
        11
        Soak four tablespoons of tapioca overnight in one quart of sweet milk.
        The International Jewish Cook Book / 1600 Recipes According to t...
        12
        Each advised me to take a quart; that made half a gallon.
        Sketches New and Old
        13
        Put one quart of oysters on to boil in their own liquor.
        Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
        14
        One quart of oysters put on to boil in their own liquor.
        The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking / Adapted to Domesti...
        15
        Season with salt and pepper, and place in an eight-quart Dutch oven.
        The Perdue Chicken Cookbook
        16
        I could drink a quart of it now if I had it.
        Oscar; Or, The Boy Who Had His Own Way
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        United States of America
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Less common