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litre English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word litre once they have reached the level A2 – Elementary. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning litre meaning

What does litre mean?

Definitions in simple English

litre Noun

— A litre is a measurement of water. 1000 millilitres = 1 litre. To make this cake, you need to first mix 1 litre of water with a spoonful of flour.

litre

— noun (= liter) 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)

Synonyms litre synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as litre?

litre English » English

liter

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cubic decimetre

cubic decimeter

L

ℓ

pound

Examples litre examples

How do I use litre in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tom has a four-litre cask of cheap wine in his fridge.

The bottle's volume is one litre.

Movie subtitles

Harry will give us venous access, via a large-bore cannula, and then we will immediately give 30 milligrams of ketamine, one gram of paracetamol and one litre of warmed Hartmann's, please.

As per Harry's calculation, that's one litre per hour for the first eight hours.

Gives a litre less! But I'll speak to her.

A 2.5 litre.

You're smaller than an 80 litre fridge.

I can't say up to the litre.

There were objections from drivers who thought the light one-and-a-half litre Formula 1 cars of that time were not suitable for the strain imposed by the banking.

There's one litre.

But I will have given you half a litre of blood!

We lose at least one litre of blood at one go.

And half litre of milk.

At that speed, your car. Can go a maximum of four kilometres per litre. So a hundred litres wouldn't have been enough.

A litre.

A litre of gasoline.

And one litre of red wine.

He'd put away a litre of rum chatting away with Romulus.

He swallowed less than litre of water.

One kilo of potatoes, one litre of milk, three eggs, 90 grams of butter, salt and nutmeg.

At that speed, your car. Can go a maximum of four kilometres per litre.

A digestive, some cheese, and half a litre of wine.

I give you half a litre for each.

Three quarters of a litre for each!

Three quarters of a litre for one.

There's got to be a litre of nitroglycerine in here.

In Ecuador I'll have a litre of coffee.

We'll need to synthesise a litre of Cardassian blood.

A litre of milk, please.

Half a litre?

No, a litre and a pizza.

One litre, right?

There's no gas! There's one litre.

Moso, he said, take a train to Ljig. buy one litre just to get us to a petrol station.

Now I'm ready for half a litre of wine!

If, in this drought, you yield more than 6 litres of plum brandy I'll give you for each extra litre two litres of my own.

One litre more or one litre less.