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liter

liter

190 1.0
A measure for liquids equal to one thousand milliliters, used for milk and water
  • noun
  • /ˈliːtər/
  • US
translation icon : litro
  • Then I'm also making up about a litre of vegetable stock.
  • a liter of water
  • liters or gallons
  • grams per liter

In fact the cost per litre goes up as you use more.

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Examples

  • Then I'm adding in about a liter of boiling water.

  • So let's get a huge litre of water to start my day.

  • How long would it take you to fill up a liter, dude?

  • So I typically I have a French press and I make about almost a liter of coffee in the morning.

  • What is that like half a liter jar, something like that?

  • Send up a liter of mineral water.

  • How many calories does a liter of water contain?

  • The average adult man is capable of taking in roughly four liters of oxygen per minute.

  • It contains 1,000 liters of water.

  • Can you pour me a liter of orange juice from the fridge?

Synonyms

l
vsliter
  • Specialized
1 1.0

A measure of liquid equal to about one thousand millilitres

is the full written word rather than the short form
cubic decimeter
vsliter
  • US
3.7

A unit of volume equal to one liter

is the common everyday name rather than the technical term

How Much

kiloliter
  • Specialized
1 5.3
liter
  • US
190 1.0
deciliter
  • Specialized
1 5.2
centiliter
  • Specialized
1 4.7
milliliter
  • Specialized
11 2.5

Surface Forms

liter singular
liters plural
litres plural
litre singular

Etymology

The word liter comes from the old Greek word litra, which meant a 'small weight', and it passed into Latin and French as litre. When the French set up the metric system they used that name for a fixed amount of liquid, so a liter today is the standard size you can picture as a bottle of water.