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imperial
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noun
  1. A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
adjective
  1. related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
  2. relating to the British imperial system of measurement.
inch
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noun
  1. A unit of length equal to one-twelfth of a foot and equivalent to exactly 2.54 centimetres.
  2. (meteorology) The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall.
  3. (figuratively) A very short distance.
"Don't move an !"
verb (inch, es)
  1. (intransitive, followed by a preposition) To move very slowly (in a particular direction).
Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.
ins.
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abbreviation
  1. insurance
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