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pint English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word pint once they have reached the level B2 – Upper Intermediate. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning pint meaning

What does pint mean?

Definitions in simple English

pint Noun

— A pint is a unit of measurement for liquids equal to 0.568 litres in Britain and 1/8 of a gallon in the US. She had pasta for dinner and half a pint of ice cream every night for dessert. He put his face in his beer and finished the pint in one go.

pint

— noun a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches

— noun a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters

— noun a United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart

Synonyms pint synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as pint?

pint English » English

dry pint

quart

pt

octarius

sixteen ounces

pound

measure of capacity

liquid pint

gallon

dint

cup

Topics pint topics

What do people use pint to talk about?

States Big Big area

Big container, volume

• What words refer to a unit of volume?
  cubic (inch, foot, yard) milliliter centiliter deciliter liter decaliter kiloliter hectoliter cup pint quart gallon fluid ounce dry ounce peck bushel measure batch

Examples pint examples

How do I use pint in a sentence?

Simple sentences

This beer mug holds one pint.

If you've never had a pint of Guinness in a real Irish pub, I highly recommend it.

Tom walked into the pub and ordered a pint of beer.

Tom got Mary a pint of beer.

In England the waiter asked us: how much beer would you like? A half pint, or a pint? Because we still didn't know how much that was, we asked him to show us the glasses.

Give me a pint of Guinness.

Movie subtitles

Hey, half-pint.

Pint, Jack. Here.

I'd have cream for your coffee, but I'd be buying a whole pint.

Cut a pint into two quarts.

Now come on, Boss. All we want is about a pint.

How about a dozen oysters and a pint of stout?

Larboard, half a pint!

For every rifle, I'll give you a pint of water.

For every rifle you send, he will send a pint of water.

One rifle, one pint.

One pint of bitter.

Would it pay the rent and help me to get a pint of stout now and then?

Many a pint I had with both of them.

We could do with a pint. Anything in the larder?

There's your little pint-pot.

All right, half-pint.

Half Pint.

Beth, a pint of home-brew for Mr Parry.

Well, a pint of whiskey, two bucks and a date.

A pint of bitter, please.

And a pint of bitter.

It's a half-Pint.

How about a pint before we go to sleep?

I'd have gotten cream, but it'd have meant buying a whole pint.

I'll have a pint of porter.

For every rifle, I'll give you a pint. For the mortar, a quart.

Get going, you little half-pint.

Pint, please.

He's got enough blood in his eye to sell by the pint.

Waiter. Another pint please.

That half-pint heater really has to be babied.

John, all the men we've seen look as if they didn't have a pint of blood between them.

Half a pint, sir.

News and current affairs

It's almost like donating a pint of blood for yourself in case you need it for subsequent surgery.

To its scattered ethnic groups, it performed the twin roles of referee and bouncer, pacifying indigenous rivalries and protecting pint-sized nations from predatory states.