imperial |
| noun
- A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
adjective - related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
- relating to the British imperial system of measurement.
| | inch |
| noun
- A unit of length equal to one-twelfth of a foot and equivalent to exactly 2.54 centimetres.
- (meteorology) The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall.
- (figuratively) A very short distance.
- "Don't move an !"
verb (inch, es)
- (intransitive, followed by a preposition) To move very slowly (in a particular direction).
- Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.
| ins. |
| abbreviation - insurance
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