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).
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.

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