half-liter

[ haf-lee-ter, hahf- ]
/ ˈhæfˈli tər, ˈhɑf- /

noun

a unit of capacity equal to 500 cubic centimeters.

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

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.

    China Is Brewing Wine From Tiger Bones |Brendon Hong |July 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

  • It contained only a half-liter bottle, wax-sealed, containing a dark reddish-brown syrup.

    Hunter Patrol |Henry Beam Piper and John J. McGuire