"litre" in the noun sense
1. liter, litre, l, cubic decimeter, cubic decimetre
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)
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