Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

megagallon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mega-gal-lon
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A unit of volume equal to one million gallons.

Example Sentences

"This time it came up during a trip to Louisville, four days after the Kentucky Derby, where bourbon-spiked mint juleps flow by the megagallon, filling Churchill Downs’ infield with a sea of swaying, semi-conscious hell-raisers, some of whom might even be horseracing fans."
"Yes, Trump is a vile creature whose presence in the Oval Office will require about a megagallon of disinfectant to cleanse it of his presence when he leaves it."

Etymology

From mega- + gallon.

Inflected Forms

megagallons (plural)

Questions

What does megagallon mean?: A unit of volume equal to one million gallons.
Where does megagallon come from?: From mega- + gallon.

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