LITRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does litre mean? 

• LITRE (noun)
  The noun LITRE has 1 sense:

1. a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

  Familiarity information: LITRE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LITRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

cubic decimeter; cubic decimetre; l; liter; litre

Hypernyms ("litre" is a kind of...):

metric capacity unit (a capacity unit defined in metric terms)

Meronyms (parts of "litre"):

deciliter; decilitre; dl (a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter)

Holonyms ("litre" is a part of...):

dal; decaliter; decalitre; dekaliter; dekalitre; dkl (a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters)

 Context examples 

A filter prototype developed by the researchers processes around 20 litres of water a day.

(Watermelon rind a cheap filter for arsenic in groundwater, SciDev.Net)

A large curved retort was boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a Bunsen burner, and the distilled drops were condensing into a two-litre measure.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)