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Noun: deciliter  'de-su,lee-tur
Usage: US (elsewhere: decilitre)
  1. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter
    "The recipe required 2 deciliters of cream";
    - decilitre [Brit, Cdn], dl

Derived forms: deciliters

Type of: metric capacity unit

Part of: cubic decimeter [US], cubic decimetre [Brit, Cdn], l, liter [US], litre [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Deciliter