Definition of Ardeb

1. Noun. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.

Generic synonyms: Dry Measure, Dry Unit

Definition of Ardeb

1. Noun. A Middle Eastern unit of volume used for agricultural crops ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ardeb

1. an Egyptian unit of capacity [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ardeb

arcus venosus plantaris
arcus vertebrae
arcus volaris profundus
arcus volaris superficialis
arcus zygomaticus
arcuses
arcweld
arcwelded
arcwelding
arcwelds
ard
ardaite
ardanesthesia
ardealite
ardeb (current term)
ardebs
ardencies
ardency
ardent
ardent fever
ardent spirits
ardently
ardentness
ardi gasna
ardi gasnas
ardor
ardors
ardour
ardours

Literary usage of Ardeb

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Andrée at the North Pole: With Details of His Fate by Leon Lewis (1899)
"Prince ardeb Busy. N1GHT had come again, but night in Polaria at that season ... It was the hour usually devoted to sleep, how- ever, and ardeb started for ..."

2. Lorey's Handbuch der Forstwissenschaft by Hermann Stoetzer, Karl Julius Tuisko Lorey, Tuisko Lorey (1903)
"S. Aria X aucuparia = S. hy brida W. Koch, die Ba st ardeb eres che, mit 5—13cm langen, länglichen, in der unteren Hälfte teils gefiederten, ..."

3. Journal asiatique by Société asiatique (Paris, France) (1886)
"ardeb de ii ... ardeb, valeur tirée dn rapport du tellis it cette mesure (Girard) ... ardeb de blé an Caire = 292 ..."

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