vedro
/vəˈdɹoʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A Russian liquid measure, equal to approximately 2.7 imperial gallons.
Example Sentences
- "The native cows are small and ugly animals, and do not give on an average more than 60 vedra of milk a year (1 vedro = 2¾ imp. gallons)."
- "Measures which have exercised a material influence on the rise of the revenue are: the increase (from October 14, 1908) of the price on Crown spirit by 40 kopeks on the vedro, which for 1911, with a consumption of 91.3 million vedra, amounted to 36.5 million roubles; […]"
- "In 1913, 1,788,824 vedra of vodka (a vedra^([sic]) is 2.7 gallons) were consumed in Volhynia, at a cost of $7,500,000. This means on an average twenty bottles of high percentage alcohol raw potato spirit in the year for every person, including babies."
- "We ourselves have not much to live upon. In fact a little water is all that I have swallowed since morning, though I have just disposed of three vedra of wine in the town."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /vəˈdɹoʊ/
- British English: /vəˈdɹəʊ/