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litre
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noun
- one cubic decimetre
- (formerly) the volume occupied by 1 kilogram of pure water at 4°C and 760 millimetres of mercury. This is equivalent to 1.000 028 cubic decimetres or about 1.76 pints
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Origin of litre1
Example Sentences
Last October it was revealed that a single pumping station had illegally spilled more than 140 million litres of raw sewage between 2020 and 2023.
Inside, she says, are six litres of cooking oil and 13kg of rice, along with basics such as onions, garlic and dried chillies.
But in 2024 it was revealed water company United Utilities repeatedly dumped millions of litres of raw sewage illegally into the lake over a three-year period.
Over the past three years, thousands of litres of blood from donors across England has been stored and now it has been turned into immunoglobulin, which helps the body's immune response.
Liposuction surgery removed four litres of fat from her thighs and while Emma said it helped, she said it did not cure her condition.
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