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# cl

«cl» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short way to write centilitre, a small unit for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

abbreviation (cl)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Cl is a short way to write centilitre, a small unit for measuring liquid. A litre is 100 centilitres. A centilitre is 10 millilitres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cl/#m1)

2) Cl (with a capital C and small l) is the chemical symbol for chlorine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cl/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and science: a unit of volume for drinks, small bottles and recipes; change units before adding: 1 litre = 100 cl, 1 cl = 10 ml. Everyday life: bottles of juice or water often show «cl» on the label, especially in Europe and the UK. Phrases: 75 cl, 33 cl can.

### examples

- A glass holds 25 cl of juice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cl/#x1)
- The bottle has 75 cl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cl/#x2)
- How many 20 cl cups fill a 1 litre jug? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cl/#x3)
- 100 cl = 1 litre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cl/#x4)
- A can of lemonade holds 33 cl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cl/#x5)
- The recipe needs 20 cl of milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cl/#x6)
- 50 cl is half a litre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cl/#x7)
- Write 3 litres in cl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cl/#x8)

### note

Written without a full stop and with no plural s: 5 cl, not 5 cls. A unit: change to litres or millilitres before mixing units; 1 cl = 10 ml. Trap: do not add cl and litres without converting. Do not mix up cl (centilitre) with cm (centimetre, a length). Cl with a capital C is chlorine in science.

### Trees and pragmatics

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