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millilitres

noun·EverydayBritish

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UK/ˈmɪlɪliːtəz/
US/ˈmɪləliːtərz/

“millilitres” is a form of “millilitre”.

Meaning

  1. nouncountableBritish

    A unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a litre, used for measuring small amounts of liquid.

    Grammar: Countable: one millilitre, two millilitres. Often written as ml after a number, e.g. 5 ml.

    Patterns

    • X millilitres of something
    • millilitres per something

    Add 200 millilitres of milk to the mixture.

    The nurse measured out 5 millilitres of the medicine.

    This bottle holds 750 millilitres.

Word forms

singularmillilitre

Common combinations

millilitres of water
Pour 500 millilitres of water into the jug.
millilitres per litre
The concentration is 10 millilitres per litre.
hundred millilitres
A small glass of juice is about 200 millilitres.

Synonyms and how they differ

ml
This is the written abbreviation, used mostly on labels and in recipes; in speech people usually say millilitres.
cc
A cubic centimetre is exactly the same volume, but cc is old-fashioned in medicine and not used for drinks.

Word family

litre noun
A larger unit of volume; one litre is 1000 millilitres.
milligram noun
A unit of weight, not volume; one milligram is a thousandth of a gram.

Commonly confused: millilitres or millimeters?

millilitres vs millimeters

Millimeters measure length, not volume. A millimeter is a thousandth of a meter, while a millilitre is a thousandth of a litre.

Practice

The recipe says to add 250 ______ of cream.

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