pts
4.1
Units for measuring liquid used in recipes
- noun
:
pintas
- The recipe calls for five pts of milk for the cake.
Examples
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We need to measure out two pts of water for the soup.
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He filled the pitcher with three pts of juice for the party.
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A total of 42 PTs participated in the project.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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1.0
A British measure for liquids equal to about 568 milliliters
is the plural abbreviation used in recipes to show volume
Surface Forms
Morphology
pts = pint (semi-transparent) = pt + s
The form 'pts' is a clipped abbreviation plus plural -s; the link to 'pint' is direct but requires recognizing measurement abbreviations in recipes.
Etymology
The word pts is a short form for the measurement 'pints', a unit for liquid used in recipes and shops. So when a recipe or label says pts, it tells you how much liquid to use or buy.