Crossword clues for hectoliter
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 gallons. As a dry measure, it contains ten decaliters, or about 25/6 Winchester bushels.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of hectolitre English)
WordNet
n. a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters [syn: hectolitre, hl]
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.