noun
- Plural of decalitre; units of volume equal to 10 litres each.
Usage: metric unit; primarily British spelling (American English typically uses 'decaliters')
Examples
- The tank holds 50 decalitres of water.
- We ordered 20 decalitres of olive oil for the restaurant.
- The recipe requires 2 decalitres of milk.
- Industrial containers are often measured in decalitres.
- One decalitre equals 10 litres or approximately 2.64 gallons.