millilitre

Everyday

1. A millilitre is a very small unit for measuring liquid. A litre has 1000 millilitres; a teaspoon holds about 5 millilitres. tree →
2. It is written ml or mL. tree →

In the lessons

a unit of volume for drinks, medicine, water and juice; problems change millilitres into litres or share liquid into cups; in science you measure liquids in millilitres with a measuring cylinder; in everyday life medicine doses and can sizes are in ml

Examples

• A bottle holds 500 millilitres of water. tree →
• She pours 250 millilitres into each glass. tree →
• How many millilitres are in 2 litres? tree →
• The jug has 1200 millilitres of juice. tree →
• Take 5 ml of medicine, as the doctor said. tree →
• A can of soda holds 330 ml. tree →
• Fill the measuring cylinder to 50 millilitres. tree →
• A raindrop is much less than one millilitre. tree →

Note

A unit, not a thing counted. 1000 millilitres = 1 litre. British spelling of milliliter (US). Trap: change litres to millilitres before you add or compare. Safety: medicine is measured with the spoon or syringe that comes with it, not a kitchen spoon.