Meaning & use

hectoliter

noun·Advanced

A metric unit of volume equal to one hundred liters, commonly used to measure large liquid quantities.

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The vineyard produced over two hundred hectoliters of wine during the harvest.

Brewers often measure beer production in hectoliters rather than individual liters.

A note on using this word

Hectoliter is mainly used in agriculture, brewing, and winemaking to describe large volumes more conveniently than in liters.

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