milliliter

M3I1L1L1I1L1I1T1E1R1

A form of millilitre — A unit of measure of capacity, equal to one thousandth of a litre. Symbol: mL or ml.

UncommonScrabble 12

Meanings

nounmilliliter (plural milliliters)

plural milliliters

  1. USalternativeAlternative spelling of millilitre.

    The following day, nonattached cells were harvested by centrifugation and resuspended in growth medium at a density of 1 × 10⁷ per milliliter.

    2001 February 2, Richard J. Fisher et al., “Control of Fusion Pore Dynamics During Exocytosis by Munc18”, in Science, volume 291, number 5505, →DOI, pages 875–878
    2 more examples

    A slurry of 10 grams of powder in 100 milliliters distilled water was carried on a cotton swab and the panels scrubbed until free from waterbreak when rinsed.

    1960, American Electroplaters' Society, Proceedings of the Convention, page 92

    In addition to having a relative with Type 1, people in that subgroup had insulin autoantibody levels equal to or greater than 80 milliunits per milliliter.

    2007 November 20, Aliyah Baruchin, “Twins on a Medical Odyssey After a Diagnosis of Diabetes”, in The New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter

Broader
metric capacity unit

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*smih₂
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslom
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslih₂
  7. Proto-Indo-European*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂
  8. Proto-Italic*smīɣeslī
  9. Latinmīlle
  10. Frenchmilli-
  11. Englishmilli-
  12. Englishliter
  13. Englishmilliliter

From milli- + liter.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

milliliter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milliliter

MLA

“milliliter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milliliter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “milliliter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milliliter.

Source: milliliter on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.