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imperial

/ɪmˈpɪ.ɹi.əl/

noun

Meaning

  • A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.

  • A writing paper size measuring 30 × 22 inches, or printing paper measuring 32 × 22 inches.

  • A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump.

  • Any of several combinations of cards which score in this game.

  • A crown imperial.

  • A tuft of hair on the lower lip (so called from its use by Napoleon III).

  • A kind of dome, as in Moorish buildings.

  • An outside seat on a diligence.

  • A variety of green tea.

Synonyms

royal

adjective

Meaning

  • Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.

  • Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.

  • Very grand or fine.

  • Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.

Synonyms

old money