PUT A QUART INTO A PINT POT

Meaning of PUT A QUART INTO A PINT POT in English

( BrE ) to put sth into a space that is too small for it

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
QUART — un quart gallon
English interlingue dictionary
PINT — (mesura anglesi) pinte
English interlingue dictionary
QUART — ikaupat sa galon
English-Visayan vocabulary
QUART — noun see: four Date: 14th century see: weight a vessel or measure having a capacity of one ~
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PINT — noun see: paint Date: 14th century see: weight a ~ pot or vessel
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
QUART — I. ˈkwȯr]t, -wȯ(ə)], usu ]d.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French quarte, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PINT — I. ˈpīnt noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English pinte, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin pincta, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INTO — I. |intə, -n.tu̇, -n-(ˌ)tü, +V often -ntəw preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English intō, from in (II) + tō …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUART- — combining form Etymology: Latin, from quartus : fourth quart ic
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUART — (n.) In cards, four successive cards of the same suit. Cf. Tierce, 4.
Английский словарь Webster
QUART — (n.) A vessel or measure containing a quart.
Английский словарь Webster
PINT — (n.) The laughing gull.
Английский словарь Webster
PINT — (n.) A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, -- used in liquid and dry measures. …
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INTO — (prep.) Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances may be …
Английский словарь Webster
QUART — ( n. ) A vessel or measure containing a quart.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PINT — ( n. ) The laughing gull.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PINT — ( n. ) A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, -- used in liquid and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
INTO — ( prep. ) Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUART — quart 1 /kwawrt/ , n. 1. a unit of liquid measure of capacity, equal to one fourth of a gallon, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUT — /poot/ , v. , put, putting , adj. , n. v.t. 1. to move or place (anything) so as to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POT — pot 1 — potlike , adj. /pot/ , n. , v. , potted, potting . n. 1. a container of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PINT — /puynt/ , n. a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INTO — /in"tooh/ ; unstressed /in"too, -teuh/ , prep. 1. to the inside of; in toward: He walked into the room. The …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUT — I. ˈpu̇t verb ( put ; put·ting ) Etymology: Middle English putten; akin to Old English putung instigation, Middle Dutch …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POT — I. ˈpät noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pott; akin to Middle Low German pot pot Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUART — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French quarte quarter, quart, from feminine of quart, adjective, fourth, from Latin quartus; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PINT — noun Etymology: Middle English pinte, from Middle French, probably from Vulgar Latin * pincta, feminine of pinctus, past participle of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INTO — preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English intō, from in (II) + tō to Date: before 12th century 1. — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUART — noun a vessel or measure containing a quart. 2. quart ·noun the fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of …
Webster English vocab
PUT — noun a certain game at cards. 2. put ·noun a pit. 3. put ·impf & ·p.p. of put. 4. put …
Webster English vocab
POT — vt to place or inclose in pots. 2. pot ·vt to preserve seasoned in pots. 3. pot ·vt to pocket. …
Webster English vocab
PINT — noun the laughing gull. 2. pint ·noun a measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, …
Webster English vocab
INTO — prep denoting inclusion; as, put these ideas into other words. 2. into ·prep to the inside of; within. it is …
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QUART — [quart] n [ME, one fourth of a gallon, fr. MF quarte, fr. OF, fr. fem. of quart, adj., fourth, fr. …
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PUT — [put] vb put ; put.ting [ME putten; akin to OE putung instigation, MD poten to plant] vt (12c) 1 a: …
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PINT — [pint] n [ME pinte, fr. MF, fr. ML pincta, prob. fr. (assumed) VL, fem. of pinctus, pp. of L pingere …
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QUART — unit of capacity in the British Imperial and U.S. Customary systems of measurement. The British system uses one standard quart …
Britannica English vocabulary
PINT — unit of capacity in the British Imperial and U.S. Customary systems of measurement. In the British system the units for …
Britannica English vocabulary
QUART — I quart 'two pints' BrE AmE kwɔːt kɔːt AmE kwɔːrt ▷ quarts kwɔːts kɔːts AmE kwɔːrts II quart in fencing; …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PINT — pint BrE AmE paɪnt ▷ pints paɪn t s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
QUART — / kwɔːt; NAmE kwɔːrt/ noun ( abbr. qt ) a unit for measuring liquids, equal to 2 pints or about …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUT — / pʊt; NAmE / verb ( put·ting , put , put ) [ vn ] IN PLACE / POSITION 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POT — / pɒt; NAmE pɑːt/ noun , verb ■ noun FOR COOKING 1. [ C ] a deep round container used …
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PINT — / paɪnt; NAmE / noun 1. ( abbr. pt ) a unit for measuring liquids and some dry goods. There …
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INTO — / ˈɪntə; NAmE ; before vowels strong form ˈɪntu; strong form ˈɪntuː/ preposition HELP NOTE : For the special uses …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUART — quart /kwɔːt $ kwɔːrt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] ( written abbreviation qt ) [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POT — I. pot 1 S2 W3 /pɒt $ pɑːt/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: pott ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PINT — pint S2 /paɪnt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: pinte , from Medieval …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INTO — in ‧ to S1 W1 /ˈɪntə; before vowels ˈɪntʊ; strong ˈɪntuː/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
QUART — n. 1 a liquid measure equal to a quarter of a gallon; two pints. 2 a vessel containing this amount. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
POT — n. & v. --n. 1 a vessel, usu. rounded, of ceramic ware or metal or glass for holding liquids or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PINT — n. 1 a measure of capacity for liquids etc., one-eighth of a gallon or 20 fluid oz. (0.568 litre). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
INTO — prep. 1 expressing motion or direction to a point on or within (walked into a tree; ran into the house). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
QUART — n. 1 a liquid measure equal to a quarter of a gallon; two pints. 2 a vessel containing this amount. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POT — n. & v. n. 1 a vessel, usu. rounded, of ceramic ware or metal or glass for holding liquids or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PINT — n. 1 a measure of capacity for liquids etc., one-eighth of a gallon or 20 fluid oz. (0.568 litre). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary

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