HECTOLITER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hectoliter mean? 

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

1. a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HECTOLITER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

hectoliter; hectolitre; hl

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "hectoliter"):

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

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

cubic meter; cubic metre; kiloliter; kilolitre (a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters)