plural kilos
: a unit of mass or weight equaling one thousand grams or approximately 2.2 pounds : kilogram
Each sack weighs 50 kilos.
Did you know … that it takes a lobster between five and seven years to grow to a weight of half a kilo, the minimum size it should reach before being fished?—
Food & Drink
Food & DrinkWhen he finally strips off the kilos of gold enveloping his body, Deion is as light as a feather.—Curry Kirkpatrick
Curry KirkpatrickGathering in Versailles, west of Paris, governments are expected on Friday to approve plans to instead use a scientific formulation to define the exact mass of a kilo.—John Leicester
John LeicesterKilo
2 of 3communications code word
—used as a code word for the letter k
: thousand
kiloton
Examples of kilo in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebNollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
The label added that the wool harvest only takes place one day per year and that the price per kilo ranges between $300 and $400, depending on the harvest and market demand.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Mar. 2024
Three kilos of potato equals one kilo of rice, we were told.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2024
Federal officials and the sheriff’s office raided the home soon after, discovering more than a kilo of cocaine, about $3,500 dollars and evidence of $30,000 in money transfers from Kenosha to Bogota, investigators said.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2024
Two kilo presses, devices typically used by drug dealers to package large quantities of drugs, were also alleged to have been found in the closet along with a third one in the owner’s bedroom.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2023
Ordinary lithium-ion batteries are made up of many individual cells and weigh hundreds of kilos.
—Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
The bull charges out of the metal door, dark brown, 400 kilos of mass on a mission to destroy.
—Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
He was arrested on two felony counts of cocaine trafficking and conspiracy to traffic cocaine in 2011 after trying to buy five kilos from an undercover detective, Miami New Times reported.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2024
Noun
During the searches and arrests, police found one assault rifle, 15 handguns, a 3D printer, several firearm parts and ghost gun precursor parts, over $80,000 in cash, and several kilos of various drugs, the department said.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
The label added that the wool harvest only takes place one day per year and that the price per kilo ranges between $300 and $400, depending on the harvest and market demand.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Mar. 2024
Three kilos of potato equals one kilo of rice, we were told.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2024
Federal officials and the sheriff’s office raided the home soon after, discovering more than a kilo of cocaine, about $3,500 dollars and evidence of $30,000 in money transfers from Kenosha to Bogota, investigators said.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2024
Two kilo presses, devices typically used by drug dealers to package large quantities of drugs, were also alleged to have been found in the closet along with a third one in the owner’s bedroom.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2023
Ordinary lithium-ion batteries are made up of many individual cells and weigh hundreds of kilos.
—Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
The bull charges out of the metal door, dark brown, 400 kilos of mass on a mission to destroy.
—Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
He was arrested on two felony counts of cocaine trafficking and conspiracy to traffic cocaine in 2011 after trying to buy five kilos from an undercover detective, Miami New Times reported.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2024
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“Kilo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kilo. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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