millilitre

Small liquid measure

A millilitre is one thousandth of a litre, a small unit of liquid volume.

It equals one cubic centimetre.

Millilitres measure medicine doses, cooking ingredients, and beverage sizes: The recipe calls for 250 millilitres of milk.

Abbreviated ml or mL.

Also spelled milliliter.

measurement

graduated

Completed formal studies

dropper · beaker · flask · burette · dispense · dose · calibrate · precision · quantify · titrate

liquid

water

Clear essential liquid

  • oilSlippery viscous fluid
  • medicineCurative substance or practice
  • syrupThick sugar liquid

serum · extract · tincture · solution · suspension · elixir · concentrate · essence · infusion · reagent

container

vial

Small glass liquid holder

capsule · tube · phial · receptacle · vessel · chamber · reservoir · tank · dispenser · applicator

metric

centilitre

Metric volume unit

hectolitre · conversion · decimal · unit · standard · international

Categories
Opposites
volume scale

millilitrekilolitre

Metric volume unit

megalitre · litre · hectolitre · cubic metre · gallon

Family

milliliter, milliliters, millilitres

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G