{
    "term": "gallon",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a unit for measuring liquid. In the UK, Canada and other countries it is equal to about 4.5 litres; in the US it is equal to about 3.8 litres. There are four quarts in a gallon.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The tankers carried 130 000 gallons of fuel."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Maths and measurement"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡælən/",
                "audio": "ga/gallon/gallon__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡælən/",
                "audio": "ga/gallon/gallon__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French galon, from the base of medieval Latin galleta, galletum ‘pail, liquid measure’, perhaps of Celtic origin."
}