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Noun: dry measure  drI'me-zhu(r)
  1. A unit of capacity for dry commodities (as fruit or grain)
    "The farmer sold his wheat crop by the bushel, a common dry measure";
    - dry unit

Derived forms: dry measures

Type of: capacity measure, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unit

Encyclopedia: Dry measure