peck

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
  2. noun a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
  3. noun a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches

Etymology

From Middle English pecken, pekken, variant of Middle English piken, picken, pikken (“to pick, use a pointed implement”). More at pick.

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Synonyms

batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

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