Almud

Quick meaning: Almud is a noun meaning (historical) A traditional unit of land area, nominally the amount of land that could be sown with one almud of seed.

Meaning

(historical) A traditional unit of land area, nominally the amount of land that could be sown with one almud of seed.

More Meanings

1. (historical) A low, wide box used as a physical measure for this unit.
2. (historical) Alternative form of almude (“a Portuguese unit of measure”).
3. (historical) A traditional Spanish and Portuguese unit of dry measure or volume, highly variable by region and substance but often equivalent to about 4.6 liters (one celemin).

Example Sentences

An almud is a measure of volume rather than weight; an almud of wheat equals about 22 pounds and an almud of potatoes 20 pounds.

Both sexes were equally familiar with and preferred the Spanish almud (equal to four quarts of seed)... over any indigenous measure.

Word Forms

• almuds
• almude

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