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A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters
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hectoliter
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n. (alternative spelling of hectolitre English)
WordNet
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n. a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters [syn: hectolitre , hl ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hectoliter \Hec"to*li`ter\, Hectolitre \Hec"to*li`tre\, n. [F. hectolitre, fr. Gr. ? hundred + F. litre a liter.] A measure of liquids, containing a hundred liters; equal to a tenth of a cubic meter, nearly 261/2 gallons of wine measure, or 22.0097 imperial ...
Usage examples of hectoliter.
In 1916 the confederation of Algerian winegrowers gave the French poilus fifty thousand hectoliters of wine.
Average annual production, sixty-three million hectoliters, what on earth is a hectoliter?
A League accountant looks at the entry in her ledgers and sees forty-five hundred hectares, yieldin' so-and-so many tonnes of wheat and fodder, x hundred hectoliters of wine and y of olive oil per year.