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DictionarypintVolume measure
noun

pint

PYNT/paɪnt/

A unit of volume equal to half a quart.

The jug holds one pint, equal to two customary cups.

A transparent kitchen measuring jug filled to a single calibration line marked with the equivalent capacities “1 pt” and “2 cups,” making the selected liquid measure directly visible.
Etymology
pintOld Frenchliquid measure

Old French pinte named a liquid measure. It probably traces back to a word meaning “painted,” referring to a painted mark on a vessel that indicated the measured quantity.

In context

Real Stories24:57
What would you like? Powers? No, I'll have a little Guinness. Okay. I'll have a pint along with just as a chaser to wash it down.
Inside the Death Industry

More examples

  • She bought a pint of cream.
  • Two pints make a quart.
  • We measured half a pint for the recipe.

Forms

pint · pints