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# litre

noun (litre, litres; US spelling liter, liters)

«litre» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A litre is a unit for measuring liquids and the space inside things (volume). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/litre/#m1)
2. A litre has 1000 millilitres. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/litre/#m2)
3. A litre is also an amount of something that fills that much: a litre of milk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/litre/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths it is a unit of volume for liquids; 1 litre = 1000 millilitres; often a price or a rate per litre, for milk, juice or petrol. In science we measure litres with a measuring jug or cylinder. In everyday life: a big bottle of water often holds 1 litre; cars use litres of fuel in most countries (gallons in the USA).

### Examples

- The tank holds 40 litres. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/litre/#x1)
- Milk costs 1 dollar a litre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/litre/#x2)
- She drinks 2 litres of water a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/litre/#x3)
- How many millilitres in 3 litres? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/litre/#x4)
- A litre has 1000 millilitres. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/litre/#x5)
- This jug holds half a litre of juice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/litre/#x6)
- The bath held about 150 litres of water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/litre/#x7)
- Petrol costs more per litre this year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/litre/#x8)
- Measure the water in litres with a measuring jug. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/litre/#x9)

### Note

Short form: L or l (2 L). Spelling: «litre» in the UK, Canada, Australia, NZ, Ireland; «liter» in the USA. A litre of water weighs about 1 kilogram. A litre has 1000 millilitres. Maths: «per litre» is a rate. Trap: change ml to litres (÷ 1000) or litres to ml (× 1000) before adding.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «litre» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/litre/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«litre» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/litre.html) on Mova free.