half-liter
[ haf-lee-ter, hahf- ]
/ ˈhæfˈli tər, ˈhɑf- /
noun
a unit of capacity equal to 500 cubic centimeters.
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Origin of half-liter
First recorded in 1920–25
Words nearby half-liter
half-leather, half-length, half-life, half-light, half-line, half-liter, half-long, half-mad, half-marathon, half-mast, half-mile
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Example sentences from the Web for half-liter
It was bottled in the 1980s, and he bought the half-liter bottle for ¥34,000, or about $5,470.
It contained only a half-liter bottle, wax-sealed, containing a dark reddish-brown syrup.
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