decalitre

decalitre or US decaliter

Noun

a measure of volume equivalent to 10 litres

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decalitre - a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters dal, decaliter, dekaliter, dekalitre, dkl metric capacity unit - a capacity unit defined in metric terms cubic decimeter, cubic decimetre, l, liter, litre - a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints) hectoliter, hectolitre, hl - a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters