decalitres

Metric volume measures

Decalitres is the plural of decalitre, a metric unit of volume equal to ten litres.

The measurement appears mainly in European contexts for quantities like wine production or fuel: The vineyard produced 500 decalitres this harvest.

Decalitre is the British spelling; American English uses decaliter.

liquids

water

Clear essential liquid

  • wineFermented grape beverage
  • beerFermented grain drink
  • milkMammalian nursing fluid

juice · oil · fuel · coolant · vinegar · broth · solvent · paint · chemicals · beverages

capacity

tank

Large storage vessel

  • barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
  • vatLarge liquid container
  • drumStruck percussion cylinder

container · reservoir · cistern · carboy · fermenter · storage · vessel · cask · keg · canister

metric

SI unit

Standardized measurement quantity

metre · tonne · decimal · conversion · metric system · standard · prefix · base unit

measurement

kilolitres

Units of thousand liters

gallons · fluid ounces · pints · quarts · cups · barrels · bushels · tablespoons · teaspoons · cubic centimetres

Opposites
measurement system

decalitrespints

Sixteen-ounce volumes

quarts · gallons · fluid ounces · bushels · pecks

scale of volume

decalitresmicrolitres

Millionths of a liter

millilitres · drops · kilolitres · megalitres

Family

decalitre

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
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Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G