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# centilitre

«centilitre» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small unit for measuring liquid** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (centilitre, centilitres; US spelling centiliter)

### meaning for a pupil

A centilitre is a small unit for measuring liquid. A litre has 100 centilitres, and a centilitre is 10 millilitres. It is written cl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centilitre/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and science: a unit of volume for drinks, bottles and recipes; convert between ml, cl and litres before adding or comparing. «Centi-» means one hundredth, as in centimetre. Everyday life: drink bottles and cans in the UK and Europe are often marked in cl. Phrases: centilitres of water, a 75-centilitre bottle.

### examples

- A cup holds 20 centilitres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centilitre/#x1)
- The jug has 150 centilitres of milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centilitre/#x2)
- How many centilitres are in 2 litres? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centilitre/#x3)
- Each glass takes 25 centilitres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centilitre/#x4)
- A small bottle of water holds 50 centilitres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centilitre/#x5)
- The nurse gave him 1 centilitre of medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centilitre/#x6)
- Half a litre is 50 centilitres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centilitre/#x7)
- Pour 30 centilitres of juice into the bowl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centilitre/#x8)

### note

Short form «cl». US spelling «centiliter». A unit: 1 litre = 100 cl, 1 cl = 10 ml. «Centi» means a hundredth: a centimetre is a hundredth of a metre, a centilitre a hundredth of a litre. Trap: convert all amounts to the same unit before adding or comparing. In the USA, millilitres and fluid ounces are more common than centilitres.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «centilitre» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centilitre/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.