Milliliters to Pinches (mL to pinch)

1 milliliter equals 3.246146179 pinches (rounded).

1 milliliter = 3.246146179 pinches

How to convert milliliters to pinches

To convert milliliters to pinches, multiply the number of milliliters by 3.246146179. The factor is rounded to 10 significant digits. To go the other way, multiply pinches by 0.3080575996 (rounded).

pinches = milliliters × 3.246146179

Example: 10 milliliters = 32.46146179 pinches.

Pints, quarts, gallons and fluid ounces differ between the US and the UK. Units are labeled 'US' or 'imperial' to avoid confusion.

Approximate value. Standards for the pinch varied by place and period, so this converter uses the most commonly cited value. Treat results as estimates, not exact figures.

About these units

Milliliter (mL)

Metric (SI)Current unit

One thousandth of a liter, or exactly 1 cubic centimeter. Used for medicine, cooking and small containers.

Milliliters inherit everything from the liter, since the prefix simply means one thousandth. Because the liter is a cubic decimeter, a milliliter works out to exactly one cubic centimeter, a coincidence the metric system built in on purpose so that volume, length and mass interlock. One milliliter of water has a mass of about one gram, so a dosing syringe, a kitchen scale and a measuring jug can all be checked against one another.

Today milliliters dominate wherever small amounts must be measured precisely: medicine, flavorings, perfume, shampoo and the fine print on drink labels. Spelling is a mild regional split, with uppercase mL preferred in the United States, Canada and Australia and lowercase ml common in the UK and Europe. For scale, a US teaspoon is just under 5 mL, a US tablespoon is about 14.8 mL, and the US nutrition-label cup is exactly 240 mL, so one such cup is 240 of these tiny units.

1 milliliter = 0.001 liters (exactly).

Sources: Wikipedia: Litre; NIST SP 811, Appendix B.8: conversion factors for volume; 21 CFR 101.9: nutrition labeling household measures

Pinch (pinch)

Cooking & barTraditional unit (still used in some regions)Approximate value

Traditionally what you can hold between thumb and forefinger; the conventional measure is 1/16 of a teaspoon (about 0.31 mL).

Whatever two fingers can grip, the old definition went: a pinch is the amount of a dry ingredient such as salt, spice or sugar that can be taken between the thumb and forefinger. Nothing official fixes it, so the size depends on the hand, the ingredient and the cook. Sources differ even on the convention. Some measuring spoon makers and American cookbooks use one sixteenth of a US teaspoon, while others give one eighth or one twenty-fourth.

The figure used here is one sixteenth of a US teaspoon, about 0.31 mL, which makes a pinch half a dash and twice a smidgen. Wikipedia's cooking measures table prints a smaller 0.23 mL for the same fraction because it derives it from a fluid ounce fraction that does not agree with its teaspoon fraction. The British tradition is larger, with a pinch set at a quarter of a UK teaspoon, roughly 0.89 mL according to the Wikipedia article on the pinch. Sizes are conventional, and a pinch measured on a scale would vary from one try to the next.

1 pinch = 0.0003080575996 liters (approximately).

Sources: Wikipedia: Pinch (unit); Wikipedia: Cooking weights and measures

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