litre
- n 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)
- A minute before the third and last heat of the 12-litre race, for the Vincent Bendix Trophy, Count Rossi de Montelera.
- This tea is prepared by putting one teaspoon of seeds in half a litre of cold water and allowing it to simmer for fifteen minutes over a low flame.
- The litre, or world quart, is a volume equal to that of a cube whose dimensions are each one-tenth of a metre.