pint

Plural: pints

Noun

A unit of liquid or dry measurement, equal to half a quart.
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters
a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches
a United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart
A unit of volume, equivalent to:
one eighth of a gallon, specifically:
20 fluid ounces, approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint).
A unit of volume, equivalent to:
one eighth of a gallon, specifically:
one half quart.
16 US fluid ounces [473 millilitres] for liquids (a US liquid pint) or
A unit of volume, equivalent to:
one eighth of a gallon, specifically:
one half quart.
approximately 33.6 cubic inches [550.6 cubic centimeters] for dry goods (a US dry pint).
A unit of volume, equivalent to:
1.696 liters.
A unit of volume, equivalent to:
12 fluid ounces.
A pint of milk.
A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.

Examples

A couple of pints please, barman.
A PINT of ice cream was her reward for winning the Scrabble tournament.
Please leave three pints tomorrow, milkman.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English pinte, from Old French pinte, assumed from Vulgar Latin *pincta (“a mark used to indicate a level of quantity against a larger measure”), from Latin picta (“painted”), from Latin pingō (“paint”, verb). Doublet of pinto and Pinto.

Synonyms

dry pint

Scrabble Score: 6

pint: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
pint: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pint: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

pint: valid Words With Friends Word