centimetre meaning

Definition of centimetre

1. a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter

   Synonyms: centimeter, cm

   Type of: metric linear unit

centimetre in a sentence

• Plant in parallel rows, leaving a 20-centimetre gap between each row.
• The towel is a metre long and seventy centimetres wide.
• A metre is 100 centimetres.
• There was over ten centimetres of snow on the car.
• I want a girlfriend who's 180 centimetres tall.

How to pronounce centimetre

centimetre is pronounced /ˈsɛntəmitɚ/ in American English. It has 4 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.