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Noun: fluidounce  'floo-id,awn(t)s
  1. A United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches
    "The bartender poured a fluidounce of liquor into the cocktail";
    - fluid ounce, fl. oz.
     
  2. A British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to 8 fluid drams or 28.416 cubic centimetres (1.734 cubic inches)
    "The recipe called for two fluidounces of vanilla extract";
    - fluid ounce, fl. oz.

Derived forms: fluid ounces, fluidounces

Type of: British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit, United States liquid unit

Part of: gill

Encyclopedia: Fluidounce