Meaning & use
hectoliter
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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